“certificate” means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under Part III or III.1 except that “certificate” means

(a) in Part III, a certificate issued in respect of a pipeline, and

(b) in Part III.1, a certificate issued in respect of an international or interprovincial power line;

“company”

« compagnie »

“company” includes

(a) a person having authority under a Special Act to construct or operate a pipeline, and

(b) a body corporate incorporated or continued under the Canada Business Corporations Act and not discontinued under that Act;

“export”

« exportation »

“export” means, with reference to

(a) electricity, to send from Canada by a line of wire or other conductor electricity produced in Canada,

(b) oil,

(i) to export within the meaning of any provision of the Energy Administration Act that defines export for the purposes of any charge imposed under that Act in relation to fuel for use by an aircraft or a vessel, or

(ii) to send or take by any means

(A) from Canada, or

(B) to a place outside Canada from any area of land not within a province that belongs to Her Majesty in right of Canada or in respect of which Her Majesty in right of Canada has the right to dispose of or exploit the natural resources and that is situated in submarine areas in the internal waters of Canada, the territorial sea of Canada or the continental shelf of Canada, or

(c) gas, to effect any one of the operations referred to in subparagraph (b)(ii);

“gas”

« gaz »

“gas” means

(a) any hydrocarbon or mixture of hydrocarbons that, at a temperature of 15°C and a pressure of 101.325 kPa, is in a gaseous state, or

(b) any substance designated as a gas product by regulations made under section 130;

“hydrocarbon”

« hydrocarbure »

“hydrocarbon” does not include coal;

“import”

« importation »

“import” means, with reference to gas or oil, to bring into Canada through pipelines, by railway tank car, by tank truck or by tanker;

“interprovincial power line” means facilities constructed or operated for the purpose of transmitting electricity from a place in a province to a place in Canada outside that province;

“lands”

« terrains »

“lands” means lands the acquiring, taking or using of which is authorized by this Act or a Special Act, and includes real property and any interest or right in real property or land and, in the Province of Quebec, any immovable, any right in an immovable and the right of a lessee in respect of any immovable. Those interests and rights may be in, to, on, under, over or in respect of those lands;

“licence”

« licence »

“licence” means a licence issued under Part VI or VII except that “licence” means

(a) in Division I of Part VI, a licence for the exportation or importation of oil or gas,

(b) in Division II of Part VI, a licence for the exportation of electricity, and

(c) in Part VII, a licence permitting the movement of designated oil or gas out of a designated province or area;

“member”

« membre »

“member” means a member of the Board;

“Minister”

« ministre »

“Minister” means such member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as is designated by the Governor inouncil as the Minister for the purposes of this Act;

“negotiator”

« négociateur »

“negotiator” means a negotiator appointed pursuant to subsection 88(2);

“oil”

« pétrole »

“oil” means

(a) any hydrocarbon or mixture of hydrocarbons other than gas, or

(b) any substance designated as an oil product by regulations made under section 130;

“permit”

« permis »

“permit” means a permit issued under section 41 or Part III.1 or VI;

“pipeline”

« pipeline »

“pipeline” means a line that is used or to be used for the transmission of oil, gas or any other commodity and that connects a province with any other province or provinces or extends beyond the limits of a province or the offshore area as defined in section 123, and includes all branches, extensions, tanks, reservoirs, storage facilities, pumps, racks, compressors, loading facilities, interstation systems of communication by telephone, telegraph or radio and real and personal property, or immovable and movable, and works connected to them, but does not include a sewer or water pipeline that is used or proposed to be used solely for municipal purposes;

“power”(Repealed, 1990, c. 7, s. 1)

“registrar of deeds”

« directeur de l’Enregistrement »

“registrar of deeds” includes the registrar of land titles or other officer with whom title to land is registered;

“Secretary”

« secrétaire »

“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Board;

“Special Act”

« loi spéciale »

“Special Act” means

(a) an Act of Parliament that authorizes a person named in the Act to construct or operate a pipeline or that is enacted with special reference to a pipeline that a person is by such an Act authorized to construct or operate, and

(b) letters patent issued under section 5.1 or 5.4 of the Canada Corporations Act, chapter C-32 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, except for the purpose of paragraph 115(b) of this Act;

“toll”

« droit »

“toll” includes any toll, rate, charge or allowance charged or made

(a) for the shipment, transportation, transmission, care, handling or delivery of hydrocarbons or of another commodity that is transmitted through a pipeline, or for storage or demurrage or the like,

(b) for the provision of a pipeline when the pipeline is available and ready to provide for the transmission of oil or gas, and

(c) in respect of the purchase and sale of gas that is the property of a company and that is transmitted by the company through its pipeline, excluding the cost to the company of the gas at the point where it enters the pipeline.

Application

2.1 This Act is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province.

1990, c. 7, s. 2.

Part I. National Energy Board

Establishment of the Board

Board established

3. (1) There is hereby established a Board, to be called the National Energy Board, consisting of not more than nine members to be appointed by the Governor in Council.

Tenure of members

(2) Subject to subsection (3), each member of the Board shall be appointed to hold office during good behaviour for a period of seven years, but may be removed at any time by the Governor in Council on address of the Senate and House of Commons.

Re-appointment and retirement

(3) A member appointed pursuant to subsection (2) is eligible to be re-appointed to hold office during good behaviour for any term of seven years or less and every member ceases to hold office on attaining the age of seventy years.

Eligibility

(4) A person is not eligible to be appointed or to continue as a member of the Board if that person is not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act or is, as owner, shareholder, director, officer, partner or otherwise, engaged in the business of producing, selling, buying, transmitting, exporting, importing or otherwise dealing in hydrocarbons or electricity or holds any bond, debenture or other security of a corporation engaged in any such business.

Residence and other employment

(5) Each member, other than a member appointed under subsection 4(1), shall, during his term of office,

(a) reside in, or within a reasonable commuting distance of, Calgary, Alberta or at such other place in Canada as the Governor in Council may approve; and

(b) devote the whole of his time to the performance of his duties under this Act, and shall not accept or hold any office or employment inconsistent with his duties and functions under this Act.

4. (1) In addition to the number of members that may be appointed under subsection 3(1), the Governor in Council may, notwithstanding subsection 3(2), appoint temporary members of the Board on such terms and conditions as the Governor in Council may prescribe and any temporary member so appointed shall carry out such duties as may be assigned to that member by the Chairman of the Board.

Maximum number

(2) Not more than six temporary members of the Board shall hold office at any one time.

Temporary members, other employment

(3) A member appointed under subsection (1) shall not, during his term of office, accept or hold any office or employment inconsistent with the member’s duties under this Act.

Executive Officers

6. (1) The Governor in Council shall designate one of the members to be Chairman of the Board and another of the members to be Vice-Chairman of the Board.

Duties of Chairman

(2) The Chairman is the chief executive officer of the Board, and has supervision over and direction of the work and staff of the Board.

Duties of Vice-Chairman

(3) If the Chairman is absent or unable to act or if the office is vacant, the Vice-Chairman has all the powers and functions of the Chairman.

Acting Chairman

(4) The Board may authorize one or more of its members to act as Chairman for the time being in the event that the Chairman and Vice-Chairman are absent or unable to act or if the offices are vacant.

(5)�(Repealed, 1990, c. 7, s. 4)

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 6; 1990, c. 7, s. 4.

Head Office and Meetings

Head office

7. (1) The head office of the Board shall be at Calgary, Alberta.

Quorum

(2) Three members constitute a quorum of the Board.

Vacancy

(3) A vacancy in the membership of the Board does not impair the right of the remaining members to act.

Time and place of sittings

(4) The Board may sit at such times and places as it considers necessary or desirable for the proper conduct of its business.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 7; 1991, c. 27, s. 2.

Rules

Rules

8. The Board may make rules respecting

(a) the sittings of the Board;

(b) the procedure for making applications, representations and complaints to the Board and the conduct of hearings before the Board, and generally the manner of conducting any business before the Board;

(c) the apportionment of the work of the Board among its members, and the assignment of members to sit at hearings and to preside thereat; and

(d) generally, the carrying on of the work of the Board, the management of its internal affairs and the duties of its officers and employees.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 7.

Staff

Secretary and other officers and employees

9. (1) The Secretary and the other officers and employees necessary for the proper conduct of the business of the Board shall be appointed in the manner authorized by law.

Superannuation

(2) For the purposes of the Public Service Superannuation Act, the members and Secretary of the Board and the officers and employees appointed as provided in subsection (1) shall be deemed to be persons employed in the public service.

Exception

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a member of the Board appointed under subsection 4(1) unless the member was, immediately before being appointed, a person employed or deemed to be employed in the Public Service.

Health and safety officers

(4) Any officer or employee appointed as provided in subsection (1) may be designated as a regional health and safety officer or as a health and safety officer for the purposes of Part II of the Canada Labour Code.

Deemed appointment

(5) Where a position in the federal public administration is transferred to the Board within ninety days after this subsection comes into force, the incumbent of the position continues in the position in the Board and any person so continuing is deemed to have been appointed in accordance with subsection (1).

Probation

(6) Notwithstanding subsection (5) and section 28 of the Public Service Employment Act, no person deemed by that subsection to have been appointed is subject to probation, unless that person was subject to probation immediately before the appointment, in which case that person continues to be subject to probation as if the position had not been transferred.

10. The Governor in Council may appoint and fix the remuneration of experts or persons having technical or special knowledge to assist the Board in any matter in an advisory capacity.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 9.

Powers of the Board

Board a court

11. (1) The Board is a court of record.

Official Seal

(2) The Board shall have an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed.

Powers with respect to witnesses, etc.

(3) The Board has, with respect to the attendance, swearing and examination of witnesses, the production and inspection of documents, the enforcement of its orders, the entry on and inspection of property and other matters necessary or proper for the due exercise of its jurisdiction, all such powers, rights and privileges as are vested in a superior court of record.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 10.

Jurisdiction

12. (1) The Board has full and exclusive jurisdiction to inquire into, hear and determine any matter

(a) where it appears to the Board that any person has failed to do any act, matter or thing required to be done by this Act or by any regulation, certificate, licence or permit, or any order or direction made by the Board, or that any person has done or is doing any act, matter or thing contrary to or in contravention of this Act, or any such regulation, certificate, licence, permit, order or direction; or

(b) where it appears to the Board that the circumstances may require the Board, in the public interest, to make any order or give any direction, leave, sanction or approval that by law it is authorized to make or give, or with respect to any matter, act or thing that by this Act or any such regulation, certificate, licence, permit, order or direction is prohibited, sanctioned or required to be done.

Idem

(1.1) The Board may inquire into any accident involving a pipeline or international power line or other facility the construction or operation of which is regulated by the Board and may, at the conclusion of the inquiry, make

(a) findings as to the cause of the accident or factors contributing to it;

(b) recommendations relating to the prevention of future similar accidents; or

(c) any decision or order that the Board can make.

Matters of law and fact

(2) For the purposes of this Act, the Board has full jurisdiction to hear and determine all matters, whether of law or of fact.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 12; 1990, c. 7, s. 5.

Mandatory orders

13. The Board may

(a) order and require any person to do, forthwith, or within or at any specified time and in any manner prescribed by the Board, any act, matter or thing that such person is or may be required to do under this Act, or any regulation, certificate, licence or permit, or any order or direction made or given under this Act; and

(b) forbid the doing or continuing of any act, matter or thing that is contrary to this Act or any such regulation, certificate, licence, permit, order or direction.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 12.

Delegation

14. The Board may delegate to one or more of its members, either jointly or severally, all or any of its powers, duties and functions under this Act, except those under subsection 45(3), section 46, 47, 48, 52, 54, 56, 58, 58.11, 58.14, 58.16, 58.32, 58.35, 58.37 or 129 or under Part IV, VI or VII.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 14; 1990, c. 7, s. 6.

Powers of member authorized to report

15. (1) The Board or the Chairman may authorize one or more of its members to report to the Board on any question or matter arising in connection with the business of or any application or proceeding before the Board, and the member so authorized has all the powers of the Board for the purpose of taking evidence or acquiring the necessary information for the purpose of making the report and the recommendations contained in it as to the decision or order of the Board to be made on the question or matter.

Not a quorum

(1.1) Notwithstanding subsection 7(2) of this Act and paragraph 22(2)(a) of the Interpretation Act, three or more members authorized to report to the Board pursuant to subsection (1) do not constitute a quorum of the Board.

Board to deal with report

(2) When a report is made to the Board under subsection (1), it may be adopted as the decision or order of the Board or otherwise dealt with as the Board considers advisable.

Board may act on own motion

(3) The Board may of its own motion inquire into, hear and determine any matter or thing that under this Act it may inquire into, hear and determine.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 15; 1990, c. 7, s. 7.

Incapacity of single member

16. (1) Where a member who is conducting a hearing pursuant to a delegation under section 14 or an authorization under section 15 becomes incapacitated or dies during the hearing or after the conclusion of the hearing but before giving a decision or report, the Board, with the consent of all the parties to the hearing, may

(a) delegate or authorize another member to continue the hearing and make a decision or report with respect thereto, if the incapacity or death occurs during the hearing; or

(b) delegate or authorize another member to examine all the evidence presented at the hearing and make a decision or report based on the evidence, if the incapacity or death occurs after the conclusion of the hearing but before a decision or report is given with respect thereto.

Incapacity of member of quorum

(2) Where a hearing is being conducted by three members and one member becomes incapacitated or dies during the hearing or after the conclusion thereof but before a decision is given,

(a) the Board may appoint and authorize another member to replace the incapacitated or deceased member for the rest of the hearing and to participate in the decision, if the incapacity or death occurs during the hearing; or

(b) if the incapacity or death occurs after the conclusion of the hearing but before a decision is given, the remaining members may, if unanimous, give a decision as if the incapacitated or deceased member were present and participating in the decision.

Member ceasing to hold office

(3) A person who resigns or otherwise ceases to hold office as a member may, where authorized to do so by the Governor in Council and on such terms and conditions as the Governor in Council prescribes, continue to inquire into, hear and determine any proceeding to which that person was assigned while that person was a member and the person shall for that purpose be deemed to continue to be a member.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 16; 1990, c. 7, s. 8.

Confidentiality

16.1 In any proceedings under this Act, the Board may take any measures and make any order that it considers necessary to ensure the confidentiality of any information likely to be disclosed in the proceedings if the Board is satisfied that

(a) disclosure of the information could reasonably be expected to result in a material loss or gain to a person directly affected by the proceedings, or could reasonably be expected to prejudice the person’s competitive position; or

(b) the information is financial, commercial, scientific or technical information that is confidential information supplied to the Board and

(i) the information has been consistently treated as confidential information by a person directly affected by the proceedings, and

(ii) the Board considers that the person’s interest in confidentiality outweighs the public interest in disclosure of the proceedings.

1994, c. 10, s. 20.

Confidentiality

16.2 In respect of any order, or in any proceedings, of the Board under this Act, the Board may take any measures and make any order that the Board considers necessary to ensure the confidentiality of information that is contained in the order or is likely to be disclosed in the proceedings if the Board is satisfied that

(a) there is a real and substantial risk that disclosure of the information will impair the security of pipelines, international power lines, buildings, structures or systems, including computer or communication systems, or methods employed to protect them; and

(b) the need to prevent disclosure of the information outweighs the public interest in disclosure of orders and proceedings of the Board.

2004, c. 15, s. 82.

Participant funding program

16.3 For the purposes of this Act, the Board may establish a participant funding program to facilitate the participation of the public in hearings that are held under section 24.

2010, c. 12, s. 2149.

Orders and Decisions

Enforcement of Board orders

17. (1) Any decision or order made by the Board may, for the purpose of enforcement thereof, be made a rule, order or decree of the Federal Court or of a superior court of a province and shall be enforced in like manner as a rule, order or decree of that court.

Procedure for enforcement

(2) To make a decision or order of the Board a rule, order or decree of the Federal Court or a superior court, the usual practice and procedure of the court in such matters may be followed, or in lieu thereof the Secretary may produce to the court a certified copy of the decision or order under the seal of the Board and thereupon the decision or order becomes a rule, order or decree of the court.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 15; R.S., c. 10(2nd Supp.), s. 64.

General or particular orders

18. Where the Board may make or issue any order or direction or prescribe any terms or conditions or do any other thing in relation to any person, the Board may do so, either generally or in any particular case or class of cases.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 18; 2007, c. 35, s. 152(E).

Previous VersionConditional orders, etc.

19. (1) Without limiting the generality of any provision of this Act that authorizes the Board to impose terms and conditions in respect of a certificate, licence or order issued by the Board, the Board may direct in any certificate, licence or order that it or any portion or provision thereof shall come into force at a future time or on the happening of any contingency, event or condition specified in the certificate, licence or order or on the performance to the satisfaction of the Board of any conditions that the Board may impose in the certificate, licence or order, and the Board may direct that the whole or any portion of the certificate, licence or order shall have force for a limited time or until the happening of a specified event.

Interim orders

(2) The Board may, instead of making an order final in the first instance, make an interim order, and may reserve its decision pending further proceedings in connection with any matter.

1980-81-82-83, c. 116, s. 6.

Granting of relief may be partial

20. On any application made to the Board, the Board may make a decision or order granting the whole or part only of the application, or may grant such further or other related relief, in addition to or in lieu of that applied for, as to the Board may seem just and proper, to the same extent as if the application had been for such partial or related relief.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 20; 1990, c. 7, s. 9(E).

Review, etc., of decisions and orders

21. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Board may review, vary or rescind any decision or order made by it or rehear any application before deciding it.

Variation of certificates, licences and permits

(2) The Board may vary a certificate, licence or permit but the variation of a certificate or licence is not effective until approved by the Governor in Council.

Exception

(3) This section does not apply to

(a) a decision, operating licence or authorization to which section 28.2 or 28.3 applies; or

(b) an approval of a development plan under section 5.1 of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 21; 1990, c. 7, s. 10; 1994, c. 10, s. 21.

Transfer of certificates and licences

21.1 (1) A transfer of a certificate or licence is not effective until authorized by the Board, with the approval of the Governor in Council.

Idem

(2) The Board may, in authorizing the transfer of a certificate or licence, impose, in addition to or in lieu of any terms and conditions to which the certificate or licence was previously subject, such further or other terms and conditions as the Board considers necessary or desirable in order to give effect to the purposes and provisions of this Act.

1990, c. 7, s. 10.

Transfer of permits

21.2 (1) A transfer of a permit is not effective until authorized by the Board.

Idem

(2) The Board may, in authorizing the transfer of a permit, impose, in addition to or in lieu of any terms and conditions to which the permit was previously subject, such further or other terms and conditions respecting the matters prescribed by the regulations as the Board considers necessary or desirable in order to give effect to the purposes and provisions of this Act.

1990, c. 7, s. 10.

Appeal to Federal Court of Appeal

22. (1) An appeal lies from a decision or order of the Board to the Federal Court of Appeal on a question of law or of jurisdiction, after leave to appeal is obtained from that Court.

Application for leave to appeal

(1.1) An application for leave to appeal must be made within thirty days after the release of the decision or order sought to be appealed from or within such further time as a judge of that Court under special circumstances allows.

Entry of appeal

(2) No appeal lies after leave has been obtained under subsection (1) unless it is entered in the Federal Court of Appeal within sixty days from the making of the order granting leave to appeal.

Board may be heard

(3) The Board is entitled to be heard by counsel or otherwise on the argument of an appeal.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 22; 1990, c. 7, s. 11.

Decisions final

23. (1) Except as provided in this Act, every decision or order of the Board is final and conclusive.

Decision or order

(2) Any minute or other record of the Board or any document issued by the Board, in the form of a decision or order, shall for the purposes of this section be deemed to be a decision or order of the Board.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 19; R.S., c. 10(2nd Supp.), s. 65.

Public hearings

24. (1) Subject to subsection (2), hearings before the Board with respect to the issuance, revocation or suspension of certificates or of licences for the exportation of gas or electricity or the importation of gas or for leave to abandon the operation of a pipeline shall be public.

Exception

(2) A public hearing need not be held where the Board, on the application or with the consent of the holder, revokes or suspends

(a) a licence;

(b) a certificate issued in respect of an international or interprovincial power line, regardless of whether the power line has been brought into commercial operation under that certificate; or

(c) a certificate issued in respect of a pipeline, if the pipeline has not been brought into commercial operation under that certificate.

Other matters

(3) The Board may hold a public hearing in respect of any other matter if it considers it advisable to do so.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 24; 1990, c. 7, s. 12.

Fees, Levies and Charges

Regulations imposing fees, etc.

24.1 (1) Subject to the approval of the Treasury Board, the National Energy Board may, for the purposes of recovering all or a portion of such costs as the National Energy Board determines to be attributable to its responsibilities under this or any other Act of Parliament, make regulations

(a) imposing fees, levies or charges on any person or company authorized under this Act to

(i) construct or operate a pipeline or an international or interprovincial power line,

(ii) charge tolls,

(iii) export or import oil or gas, or

(iv) export electricity; and

(b) providing for the manner of calculating the fees, levies and charges in respect of the person or company and their payment to the National Energy Board.

Interest on late payments

(2) A regulation made under subsection (1) may specify the rate of interest or the manner of calculating the rate of interest payable by a person or company on any fee, levy or charge not paid by the person or company on or before the date it is due and the time from which interest is payable.

Debt due to Her Majesty

(3) Fees, levies or charges imposed under this section and any interest payable on them constitute a debt to Her Majesty in right of Canada and may be recovered as such in any court of competent jurisdiction.

1990, c. 7, s. 13.

Proof of Documents

Proof of documents

25. In any action or other proceedings

(a) any document purporting to be certified by the Secretary, or by any other person authorized by the Board to certify documents for the purposes of this section, and sealed with the seal of the Board to be a true copy of any minute, decision, licence, certificate, permit, order, instruction, book of reference, book entry, plan, drawing or other document or any part thereof, is, without proof of the signature of the Secretary or other person, evidence of the original document of which it purports to be a copy, and that the document was made, given, issued or deposited at the time stated in the certification, if a time is stated therein, and is signed, certified, attested or executed by the persons by whom and in the manner in which the document purports to be signed, certified, attested or executed as shown or appearing from the certified copy; and

(b) a document purporting to be certified by the Secretary, or by any other person authorized by the Board to certify documents for the purposes of this section, and sealed with the seal of the Board stating that a valid and subsisting document of authorization has or has not been issued by the Board to a person or persons named in the certified document, is evidence of the facts stated in it, without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the document and without further proof.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 25; 2007, c. 35, s. 153.

Previous Version

Part Ii. Advisory Functions

Study and review

26. (1) The Board shall study and keep under review matters over which Parliament has jurisdiction relating to

(a) the exploration for, and the production, recovery, manufacture, processing, transmission, transportation, distribution, sale, purchase, exchange and disposal of, energy and sources of energy in and outside Canada; and

(b) the safety and security of pipelines and international power lines.

Report and recommendations to Minister

(1.1) The Board shall report on the matters referred to in subsection (1) from time to time to the Minister and shall recommend to the Minister such measures within the jurisdiction of Parliament as it considers necessary or advisable in the public interest for

(a) the control, supervision, conservation, use, marketing and development of energy and sources of energy; and

(b) the safety and security of pipelines and international power lines.

Request of Minister

(2) The Board shall, with respect to energy matters, sources of energy and the safety and security of pipelines and international power lines,

(a) provide the Minister with such advice as the Minister may request, including advice relating to the export pricing of oil and gas;

(b) prepare such studies and reports as the Minister may request; and

(c) recommend to the Minister the making of such arrangements as it considers desirable for cooperation with governmental or other agencies in or outside Canada.

Use of government agencies

(3) In carrying out its duties and functions under this section, the Board shall, wherever appropriate, utilize agencies of the Government of Canada to obtain technical, economic and statistical information and advice.

Other advisory functions

(4) The Board and its officers and employees may, on request, provide advice about energy matters, sources of energy and the safety and security of pipelines and international power lines to

(a) ministers, officers and employees of any government department or ministry, whether federal, provincial or territorial; and

(b) members, officers and employees of any government agency, whether federal, provincial or territorial.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 26; 1994, c. 10, s. 22; 2004, c. 15, s. 83.

Previous VersionPublication of studies and reports

27. Studies and reports of the Board made under this Part may be made public with the approval of the Minister.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 23.

Powers of Board

28. For the purposes of this Part, the Board has all the powers of commissioners under Part I of the Inquiries Act.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 24.

Part Ii.1. Oil And Gas Interests, Production And Conservation

Interpretation

Definitions of "oil" and "gas"

28.1 For the purposes of this Part, “oil” and “gas” have the same meaning as in the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act.

1994, c. 10, s. 23.

Declarations of Significant Discovery and Commercial Discovery

Application

28.2 (1) This section applies to any decision of the Board to make, amend or revoke a declaration of significant discovery under section 28 of the Canada Petroleum Resources Act or a declaration of commercial discovery under section 35 of that Act.

Notice

(2) At least thirty days before making a decision to which this section applies, the Board shall give written notice of its intention to make the decision to any person the Board considers to be directly affected by the decision.

Request for hearing

(3) A person to whom notice is given may, in writing, request a hearing in respect of the decision, but the request must be received by the Board within thirty days after the notice is given.

Decision if no request received

(4) If no request is received in accordance with subsection (3), the Board may make the decision.

Hearing if request received

(5) If a request is received in accordance with subsection (3), the Board shall fix a suitable time and place for the hearing and notify each person who requested the hearing.

Representations

(6) Each person who requests a hearing may make representations and introduce witnesses and documents at the hearing.

Decision

(7) At or after the conclusion of the hearing, the Board shall make the decision, give notice of it to each person who requested the hearing and, if the person requests reasons, publish or make available the reasons for the decision.

1994, c. 10, s. 23.

Operating Licences and Authorizations

Variation of licences, etc.

28.3 The Board may vary the terms of any operating licence or authorization issued under section 5 of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act.

1994, c. 10, s. 23.

Chief Conservation Officer

Application to appeals

28.4 (1) This section applies to appeals brought under section 21 or subsection 25(8) of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act by a person aggrieved by an order of the Chief Conservation Officer or by any action or measure taken or authorized or directed to be taken by that Officer.

Powers on appeal

(2) After hearing an appeal to which this section applies, the Board may

(a) set aside, confirm or vary the order, action or measure that is the subject of the appeal;

(b) order any works to be undertaken that the Board considers necessary to prevent waste, the escape of oil or gas or any other contravention of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act or the regulations made under that Act; or

(c) make any other order that the Board considers appropriate.

1994, c. 10, s. 23.

Applications for show cause hearing relating to waste

28.5 (1) This section applies to applications by the Chief Conservation Officer to the Board under section 22 of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act for a show cause hearing relating to waste, as defined in paragraph 18(2)(f) or (g) of that Act, in the recovery of oil or gas from a pool.

Order

(2) On receiving an application, the Board shall make an order requiring the operators within the pool to show cause at a hearing, to be held on a day specified in the order, why the Board should not make a direction in respect of the waste.

Hearing

(3) On the day specified in the order, the Board shall hold a hearing at which the Chief Conservation Officer, the operators and other interested persons shall be given an opportunity to be heard.

Direction

(4) If, after the hearing, the Board is of the opinion that waste is occurring in the recovery of oil or gas from a pool, the Board may, by order,

(a) direct the introduction of a scheme for the collection, processing, disposition or reinjection of any gas produced from the pool; or

(b) direct repressurizing, recycling or pressure maintenance for the pool or any part of the pool and for or incidental to that purpose, direct the introduction or injection of gas, water or any other substance into the pool or any part of the pool.

Additional direction

(5) In addition to making a direction under subsection (4), the Board may, by order, direct that the pool or any part of the pool specified in the order be shut in if the requirements of the order are not met or unless a scheme is approved by the Board and in operation by a date fixed in the order.

Continuation pending approval of scheme

(6) Notwithstanding subsections (4) and (5), the Board may, by order, permit the continued operation of a pool or any part of a pool after the date fixed by a direction under this section if, in the opinion of the Board, a scheme or other action described in paragraph (4)(a) or (b) is in the course of preparation, but the continued operation is subject to any conditions imposed by the Board.

1994, c. 10, s. 23.

Chief Safety Officer

Application

28.6 (1) This section applies to an order referred by the Chief Safety Officer to the Board under subsection 58(5) of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act.

Review and decision

(2) The Board shall review the need for the order and may confirm it or set it aside.

Burden of proof

(3) The burden of establishing that the order is not needed is on the person who requested that the order be referred to the Board.

1994, c. 10, s. 23.

Orders

Offence

28.7 (1) Every person who fails to comply with an order of the Board under section 28.4 or 28.5 is guilty of an offence and is liable

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both; or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding one million dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.

Applicable provisions

(2) Sections 65 to 71 of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, in respect of an offence under subsection (1).

1994, c. 10, s. 23.

Orders not statutory instruments

28.8 For greater certainty, an order of the Board made under this Part is not a statutory instrument as defined in the Statutory Instruments Act.

1994, c. 10, s. 23.

Part Iii. Construction And Operation Of Pipelines

General

Companies only

29. (1) No person, other than a company, shall construct or operate a pipeline.

Exception

(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or prevent any person from operating or improving a pipeline constructed before October 1, 1953, but every such pipeline shall be operated in accordance with this Act.

Powers of liquidators, trustees, etc.

(3) For the purposes of this Act,

(a) a liquidator, receiver or manager of the property of a company, appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to carry on the business of the company,

(b) a trustee — or the holder of a power of attorney within the meaning of the Civil Code of Québec — for the holders of bonds, debentures, debenture stock or other evidence of indebtedness of the company, secured under a trust deed, an act constituting a hypothec or other instrument or act, on or against the property of the company, if the trustee or holder is authorized by the instrument or act to carry on the business of the company, and

(c) a person, other than a company,

(i) operating a pipeline constructed before October 1, 1953, or

(ii) constructing or operating a pipeline exempted from subsection (1) by an order of the Board made under subsection 58(1),

is deemed to be a company.

Administrator in Province of Quebec

(3.1) In the Province of Quebec the administrator of the property of the company appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to carry on the business of the company is also deemed to be the company.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 29; 2001, c. 4, s. 102.

Operation of pipeline

30. (1) No company shall operate a pipeline unless

(a) there is a certificate in force with respect to that pipeline; and

(b) leave has been given under this Part to the company to open the pipeline.

Compliance with conditions

(2) No company shall operate a pipeline otherwise than in accordance with the terms and conditions of the certificate issued with respect thereto.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 26.

Location of Pipelines

Approval of Board

31. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, no company shall begin the construction of a section or part of a pipeline unless

(a) the Board has by the issue of a certificate granted the company leave to construct the line;

(b) the company has complied with all applicable terms and conditions to which the certificate is subject;

(c) the plan, profile and book of reference of the section or part of the proposed line have been approved by the Board; and

(d) copies of the plan, profile and book of reference so approved, duly certified as such by the Secretary, have been deposited in the offices of the registrars of deeds for the districts or counties through which the section or part of the pipeline is to pass.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 27; 1980-81-82-83, c. 116, s. 9.

Application for certificate

32. (1) On an application for a certificate, the company shall file with the Board a map in such detail as the Board may require showing the general location of the proposed line and such plans, specifications and information as the Board may require.

Notice to provincial attorney general

(2) The company shall file a copy of the application and of the map referred to in subsection (1) with the attorney general of each province to which the application relates in whole or in part, and the Board shall require notice of the application to be given by publication in newspapers or otherwise.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 32; 1990, c. 7, s. 15.

Plan, Profile and Book of Reference

Plan, etc., of pipeline

33. (1) When the Board has issued a certificate, the company shall prepare and submit to the Board a plan, profile and book of reference of the pipeline.

Details

(2) The plan and profile shall be drawn with such detail as the Board may require.

Description of lands

(3) The book of reference shall describe the portion of land proposed to be taken in each parcel of land to be traversed, giving the numbers of the parcels, and the area, length and width of the portion of each parcel to be taken, and the names of the owners and occupiers in so far as they can be ascertained.

Further information

(4) The plan, profile and book of reference shall be prepared to the satisfaction of the Board, and the Board may require the company to furnish any further or other information that the Board considers necessary.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 29; R.S., c. 27(1st Supp.), s. 9.

Determination of Detailed Route and Approval

Notice to owners

34. (1) Where a company has prepared and submitted to the Board a plan, profile and book of reference pursuant to subsection 33(1), the company shall, in a manner and in a form to be determined by the Board,

(a) serve a notice on all owners of lands proposed to be acquired, in so far as they can be ascertained; and

(b) publish a notice in at least one issue of a publication, if any, in general circulation within the area in which the lands are situated.

Contents of notices

(2) The notices mentioned in subsection (1) shall describe the proposed detailed route of the pipeline, the location of the offices of the Board and the right of the owner and of persons referred to in subsection (4) to make, within the time referred to in subsection (3) or (4), as the case may be, representations to the Board respecting the detailed route of the pipeline.

Written statement of interest and grounds for opposition

(3) Where an owner of lands who has been served with a notice pursuant to subsection (1) wishes to oppose the proposed detailed route of a pipeline, the owner may, within thirty days of being served, file with the Board a written statement setting out the nature of the owner’s interest in the proposed detailed route and the grounds for his opposition to that route.

Opposition by persons adversely affected

(4) A person who anticipates that their lands may be adversely affected by the proposed detailed route of a pipeline, other than an owner of lands referred to in subsection (3), may oppose the proposed detailed route by filing with the Board within thirty days following the last publication of the notice referred to in subsection (1) a written statement setting out the nature of that person’s interest and the grounds for the opposition to the proposed detailed route of the pipeline.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 34; 2004, c. 25, s. 148(E).

Previous VersionPublic hearing

35. (1) Where a written statement is filed with the Board pursuant to subsection 34(3) or (4) within the time limited for doing so under that subsection, the Board shall forthwith order that a public hearing be conducted within the area in which the lands to which the statement relates are situated with respect to any grounds of opposition set out in any such statement.

Notice of public hearing

(2) The Board shall fix a suitable time and place for the public hearing referred to in subsection (1) and cause notice of the time and place so fixed to be given by publishing it in at least one issue of a publication, if any, in general circulation within the area in which the lands proposed to be acquired are situated and by sending it to each person who filed a written statement with the Board pursuant to subsection 34(3) or (4).

Opportunity to be heard

(3) At the time and place fixed for the public hearing pursuant to subsection (2), the Board shall hold a public hearing and shall permit each person who filed a written statement with the Board pursuant to subsection 34(3) or (4) to make representations and may allow any other interested person to make such representations before it as the Board deems proper.

Inspection of lands

(4) The Board or a person authorized by the Board may make such inspection of lands proposed to be acquired for or affected by the pipeline construction as the Board deems necessary.

Where written statements disregarded

(5) The Board is not required to give any notice, hold any hearing or take any other action pursuant to this section with respect to any written statement filed with the Board pursuant to subsection 34(3) or (4) and may at any time disregard any such written statement, if

(a) the person who filed the statement files a notice of withdrawal thereof with the Board; or

(b) it appears to the Board that the statement is frivolous or vexatious or is not made in good faith.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 2.

Matters to be taken into account

36. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and 35(5), the Board shall not give approval to a plan, profile and book of reference unless the Board has taken into account all written statements filed with it pursuant to subsection 34(3) or (4) and all representations made to it at a public hearing in order to determine the best possible detailed route of the pipeline and the most appropriate methods and timing of constructing the pipeline.

Exception

(2) The Board may approve a plan, profile and book of reference in respect of any section or part of a pipeline where no written statement under subsection 34(3) or (4) has been filed with the Board in respect of that section or part.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 2.

Terms and conditions

37. In any approval referred to in section 36, the Board may impose such terms and conditions as it considers proper.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 2.

Notice of decision

38. Where the Board has held a public hearing under subsection 35(3) in respect of any section or part of a pipeline and approved or refused to approve a plan, profile and book of reference respecting that section or part, it shall forthwith forward a copy of its decision and the reasons therefor to the Minister and to each person who made representations to the Board at the public hearing.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 2.

Costs of making representations

39. The Board may fix such amount as it deems reasonable in respect of the actual costs reasonably incurred by any person who made representations to the Board at a public hearing under subsection 35(3) and the amount so fixed shall be payable forthwith to that person by the company whose pipeline route is affected by the public hearing.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 2.

Effect of approval

40. The Board shall not, by the issue of a certificate or by approving a plan, profile and book of reference, be deemed to have relieved the company from otherwise complying with this Act.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 30.

Errors

Application for correction of errors

41. (1) Where any omission, misstatement or error is made in a registered plan, profile or book of reference, the company shall apply to the Board for a permit to correct the omission, misstatement or error.

How corrected

(2) The Board may in its discretion issue a permit setting out the nature of the omission, misstatement or error referred to in subsection (1) and the correction allowed.

Registration

(3) On the deposit of copies of the permit issued under subsection (2), certified as such by the Secretary, in the offices of the registrars of deeds of the districts or counties in which the lands affected are situated, the plan, profile or book of reference shall be taken to be corrected in accordance therewith, and the company may, thereupon, subject to this Act, construct its pipeline in accordance with the correction.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 41; 1990, c. 7, s. 16.

Error as to names

42. A pipeline may be made, carried or placed across, on or under the lands of a person on the located line, although, through error or any other cause, the name of that person has not been entered in the book of reference, or although some other person is erroneously mentioned as the owner or holder of an interest or right in the lands.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 42; 2004, c. 25, s. 149.

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Duties of Registrars of Deeds

Registration of plans, etc.

43. (1) Every registrar of deeds shall receive and preserve in his office all plans, profiles, books of reference, certified copies thereof and other documents, required by this Act to be deposited with the registrar, and shall endorse thereon the day, hour and minute when they were so deposited.

Copies

(2) Any person may inspect the plans, profiles, books of reference, copies and documents deposited under subsection (1) and may make extracts therefrom and copies thereof as occasion requires.

Certified copies

(3) A registrar of deeds shall, at the request of any person, certify copies of any plan, profile, book of reference, certified copy thereof or other document deposited in the registrar’s office under this Act, or of such portions thereof as may be required, on being paid therefor at the rate of twenty cents for each hundred words copied, and such additional sum for any copy of plan or profile furnished by the registrar as is reasonable and customary in like cases, together with one dollar for each certification given by the registrar.

Certification of registrar

(4) The certification of the registrar of deeds shall set out that the plan, profile or document referred to in subsection (3), a copy of which, or any portion of which, is certified by the registrar, is deposited in the registrar’s office, and shall state the time when it was deposited, that the registrar has carefully compared the copy certified with the document on file and that it is a true copy of the original.

Evidence

(5) A certified copy referred to in subsection (4) is evidence of the original deposited and is evidence that the original was deposited at the time stated and certified, and that it was signed, certified, attested or otherwise executed by the persons by whom and in the manner in which the original purports to be signed, certified, attested or executed, as shown or appearing by the certified copy, and, in the case of a plan, that the plan is prepared according to a scale and in a manner and form sanctioned by the Board.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 34.

Further Plans

Further plans

44. In addition to the plans, profiles and books of reference elsewhere provided for in this Act, a company shall, with all reasonable expedition, prepare and deposit with the Board such further or other material, including plans, specifications and drawings with respect to any portion of its pipeline or works, as the Board may from time to time order or require.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 35.

Deviations

Approval of deviations

45. (1) When a deviation, change or alteration is required by a company to be made in its pipeline, or any portion of that pipeline, as already constructed or as merely located and approved, a plan, profile and book of reference of the portion of the pipeline proposed to be changed, showing the deviation, change or alteration proposed to be made, shall be submitted for the approval of the Board.

Construction of works after approval

(2) When the plan, profile and book of reference, submitted pursuant to subsection (1), of the portion of the pipeline proposed to be changed have been approved by the Board, and copies thereof have been deposited as provided in this Act with respect to the original plan, profile and book of reference, the company may make the deviation, change or alteration, and all the provisions of this Act are applicable to the portion of the pipeline, at any time so changed or proposed to be changed, in the same manner as they are applicable to the original pipeline.

Exemptions

(3) The Board may exempt a company from all or any of the provisions of this section where the deviation, change or alteration was made or is to be made for the purpose of benefiting a pipeline, or for any other purpose of public advantage, as may seem to the Board expedient, but the deviation, change or alteration shall not exceed such distance as the Board requires from the centre line of the pipeline, located or constructed in accordance with the plans, profiles and books of reference approved by the Board under this Act.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 36.

Diversion or Relocation

Diversions and relocation

46. (1) The Board may, on such terms and conditions as it considers proper, direct a company to divert or relocate its pipeline if the Board is of the opinion that the diversion or relocation is necessary

(a) to facilitate the construction, reconstruction or relocation of a highway or a railway or any other work affecting a public interest; or

(b) to prevent or remove an interference with a drainage system.

Costs of diversion or relocation

(2) The Board may direct by whom and to whom the costs of the diversion or relocation referred to in subsection (1) shall be paid.

Procedures

(3) The Board shall not direct a company to divert or relocate any section or part of its pipeline unless the procedures set out in sections 34 to 38 have been complied with in respect of the section or part to be diverted or relocated.

Idem

(4) For the purposes of ensuring that the procedures set out in sections 34 to 38 are complied with, the Board may order the company to carry out such of those procedures as the company would be required to carry out if the company had prepared and submitted to the Board a plan, profile and book of reference pursuant to subsection 33(1) and those sections shall apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, in respect of any matter related to the carrying out of those procedures.

Costs of representations to Board

(5) The Board may fix such amount as it deems reasonable in respect of the actual costs reasonably incurred by any person who made representations to the Board under this section and may direct by whom and to whom the amount so fixed shall be paid.

Leave to Open Pipelines

47. (1) No pipeline and no section of a pipeline shall be opened for the transmission of hydrocarbons or any other commodity by a company until leave to do so has been obtained from the Board.

Grant of leave

(2) Leave may be granted by the Board under this section if the Board is satisfied that the pipeline may safely be opened for transmission.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 47; 1996, c. 10, s. 237.1.

Regulation of Construction, etc.

Safety and security

48. (1) To promote the safety and security of operation of a pipeline, the Board may order a company to repair, reconstruct or alter part of the pipeline, and may direct that, until the work is done, that part of the pipeline not be used or be used in accordance with such terms and conditions as the Board may specify.

Other measures

(1.1) The Board may order a company to take measures that the Board considers necessary for the safety and security of a pipeline.

Regulations as to safety and security

(2) The Board may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make regulations governing the design, construction, operation and abandonment of a pipeline and providing for the protection of property and the environment and the safety and security of the public and of the company’s employees in the construction, operation and abandonment of a pipeline.

Exempting orders respecting companies

(2.1) The Board may make orders exempting companies from any or all of the provisions of the regulations made under subsection (2).

Terms and conditions

(2.2) In any order made under subsection (2.1), the Board may impose such terms and conditions as it considers proper.

Offence

(3) Every person who contravenes a regulation made under subsection (2) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

Inspection Officers

49. (1) The Board may designate any person as an inspection officer for the purpose of ensuring

(a) the safety and security of the public and of a company’s employees;

(b) the protection of property and the environment;

(b.1) the safety and security of pipelines;

(c) compliance with this Part, any regulations made under section 48 and any orders and certificates issued by the Board under this Part; and

(d) compliance with section 112 and any orders and regulations made under that section.

Powers of officers

(2) For the purpose described in subsection (1), an inspection officer may at any reasonable time

(a) have access to and inspect

(i) any lands or pipeline, including a pipeline that is under construction or has been abandoned,

(ii) any excavation activity extending within thirty metres of the pipeline, and

(iii) any facility being constructed across, on, along or under the pipeline;

(b) direct a company or person conducting an excavation activity or constructing a facility described in paragraph (a) to perform any tests that the inspection officer considers necessary for an inspection; and

(c) examine and make copies of any information contained in any books, records or documents, or in any computer systems, that the inspector believes on reasonable grounds contain any information relating to the design, construction, operation, maintenance or abandonment of a pipeline.

50. The Board shall provide every inspection officer with a certificate of authority and, when carrying out duties under this Part, the inspection officer shall show the certificate to any person who asks to see it.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 50; 1990, c. 7, s. 18; 1994, c. 10, s. 25.

Assistance to officers

51. Any officer or employee, or agent or mandatary, of a company and any person conducting an excavation activity or constructing a facility described in paragraph 49(2)(a) shall give an inspection officer all reasonable assistance to enable the officer to carry out duties under this Part.

51.1 (1) An inspection officer who is expressly authorized by the Board to make orders under this section may make an order if the inspection officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a hazard to the safety or security of the public or of employees of a company or a detriment to property or the environment is being or will be caused by

(a) the construction, operation, maintenance or abandonment of a pipeline, or any part of a pipeline; or

(b) an excavation activity or the construction of a facility described in paragraph 49(2)(a).

Terms of order

(2) The order may require

(a) work associated with the pipeline, excavation activity or facility to be suspended until

(i) the hazardous or detrimental situation has been remedied to the satisfaction of an inspection officer, or

(ii) the order is stayed or rescinded under section 51.2; and

(b) the company or any person involved in the pipeline, the excavation activity or the construction of the facility to take any measure specified in the order to ensure the safety or security of the public or of employees of the company or to protect property or the environment.

Notice and report

(3) An inspection officer who makes an order under this section shall, as soon as possible,

(a) give written notice of the order to the persons to whom it is directed, including the terms of the order and a statement of the reasons for the order; and

(b) report the circumstances and terms of the order to the Board.

1994, c. 10, s. 25; 2004, c. 15, s. 86(E).

Previous VersionRequest for review

51.2 (1) A person to whom an order under section 51.1 is directed may request in writing that the Board review the order.

Stay of order

(2) A request for review does not operate as a stay of the order, but the Board may grant a stay pending the review.

Review and decision

(3) The Board shall

(a) review the circumstances and terms of an order that it is requested to review;

(b) confirm, vary or rescind the order; and

(c) give notice of its decision to the persons who requested the review.

1994, c. 10, s. 25.

Information confidential

51.3 No inspection officer shall disclose to any person any information regarding any secret process or trade secret obtained while performing duties under this Part, except for the purposes of this Part or as required by law.

1994, c. 10, s. 25.

Offence and punishment

51.4 (1) Every person who contravenes section 51 or fails to comply with an order under section 51.1 is guilty of an offence and is liable

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both; or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding one million dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.

Defence — no notice

(2) No person shall be found guilty of an offence for failing to comply with an order under section 51.1 unless the person was given written notice of the order in accordance with paragraph 51.1(3)(a).

Application of subsections 121(2) to (5)

(3) Subsections 121(2) to (5) apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, in respect of an offence under this section.

1994, c. 10, s. 25.

Certificates

Issuance

52. The Board may, subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, issue a certificate in respect of a pipeline if the Board is satisfied that the pipeline is and will be required by the present and future public convenience and necessity and, in considering an application for a certificate, the Board shall have regard to all considerations that appear to it to be relevant, and may have regard to the following:

(a) the availability of oil, gas or any other commodity to the pipeline;

(b) the existence of markets, actual or potential;

(c) the economic feasibility of the pipeline;

(d) the financial responsibility and financial structure of the applicant, the methods of financing the pipeline and the extent to which Canadians will have an opportunity of participating in the financing, engineering and construction of the pipeline; and

(e) any public interest that in the Board’s opinion may be affected by the granting or the refusing of the application.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 52; 1990, c. 7, s. 18; 1996, c. 10, s. 238.

Objections of interested persons

53. On an application for a certificate, the Board shall consider the objections of any interested person, and the decision of the Board as to whether a person is or is not an interested person for the purpose of this section is conclusive.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 45.

Terms and conditions of certificates

54. (1) The Board may issue a certificate subject to such terms and conditions as the Board considers necessary or desirable in the public interest.

(2)�(Repealed, 1990, c. 7, s. 19)

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 54; 1990, c. 7, s. 19.

55. (Repealed, 1990, c. 7, s. 20)

Revocation and Suspension

Revocation or suspension of certificate

56. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Board may, by order, with the approval of the Governor in Council, revoke or suspend a certificate if any term or condition thereof has not been complied with or has been contravened.

Notice and hearing

(2) No order shall be made under subsection (1) unless notice of the alleged non-compliance or contravention has been given to the holder of the certificate and the Board has afforded the holder an opportunity of being heard.

Revocation or suspension on application, etc., of holder

(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the Board may, by order, revoke or suspend a certificate on the application or with the consent of the holder thereof.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 47; R.S., c. 27(1st Supp.), s. 13.

Conditions to Certificate

Compliance

57. Every certificate is subject to the condition that the provisions of this Act and the regulations in force at the date of issue of the certificate and as subsequently enacted, made or amended, as well as every order made under the authority of this Act, will be complied with.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 57; 1990, c. 7, s. 21(F).

Exemptions

Exempting orders respecting pipelines, etc.

58. (1) The Board may make orders exempting

(a) pipelines or branches of or extensions to pipelines, not exceeding in any case forty kilometres in length, and

(b) any tanks, reservoirs, storage facilities, pumps, racks, compressors, loading facilities, interstation systems of communication by telephone, telegraph or radio, and real and personal property, or immovable and movable, and works connected to them, that the Board considers proper,

from any or all of the provisions of sections 29 to 33 and 47.

(2)�(Repealed, 1990, c. 7, s. 22)

Terms

(3) In any order made under this section the Board may impose such terms and conditions as it considers proper.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 58; 1990, c. 7, s. 22; 2004, c. 25, s. 151.

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Part Iii.1. Construction And Operation Of Power Lines

International Power Lines

Prohibition

58.1 No person shall construct or operate a section or part of an international power line except under and in accordance with a permit issued under section 58.11 or a certificate issued under section 58.16.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Permits

Issuance

58.11 (1) Except in the case of an international power line designated by order of the Governor in Council under section 58.15 or in respect of which an election is made under section 58.23, the Board shall, on application to it and without holding a public hearing, issue a permit authorizing the construction and operation of an international power line.

Information

(2) The application must be accompanied by the information that under the regulations is to be furnished in connection with the application.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Publication

58.12 (1) The applicant shall publish a notice of the application in the Canada Gazette and such other publications as the Board considers appropriate.

Waiver

(2) The Board may waive the requirement to publish a notice referred to in subsection (1) if the Board considers that there is a critical shortage of electricity caused by terrorist activity within the meaning of subsection 83.01(1) of the Criminal Code.

1990, c. 7, s. 23; 2004, c. 15, s. 87.

Previous VersionFurther information

58.13 The Board may, within a reasonable time after the publication of the notice, require the applicant to furnish such information, in addition to that required to accompany the application, as the Board considers necessary to determine whether to make a recommendation pursuant to section 58.14.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Delay of issuance

58.14 (1) The Board may make a recommendation to the Minister, which it shall make public, that an international power line be designated by order of the Governor in Council under section 58.15, and may delay issuing a permit during such period as is necessary for the purpose of making such an order.

Criteria

(2) In determining whether to make a recommendation, the Board shall seek to avoid the duplication of measures taken in respect of the international power line by the applicant and the government of any province through which the line is to pass, and shall have regard to all considerations that appear to it to be relevant, including

(a) the effect of the power line on provinces other than those through which the line is to pass;

(b) the impact of the construction or operation of the power line on the environment; and

(c) such considerations as may be specified in the regulations.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Certificates

Where certificate required

58.15 (1) The Governor in Council may make orders

(a) designating an international power line as an international power line that is to be constructed and operated under and in accordance with a certificate issued under section 58.16; and

(b) revoking any permit issued in respect of the line.

Exception

(2) No order may be made under subsection (1) in respect of a line more than forty-five days after the issuance of a permit in respect of the line.

Effect of order

(3) Where an order is made under subsection (1),

(a) no permit shall be issued in respect of the line; and

(b) any application in respect of the line shall be dealt with as an application for a certificate.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Issuance

58.16 (1) The Board may, subject to section 24 and to the approval of the Governor in Council, issue a certificate in respect of

(a) an international power line in relation to which an order made under section 58.15 is in force,

(b) an international power line in relation to which an election is filed under section 58.23, or

(c) an interprovincial power line in relation to which an order made under section 58.4 is in force,

if the Board is satisfied that the line is and will be required by the present and future public convenience and necessity.

Criteria

(2) In deciding whether to issue a certificate, the Board shall have regard to all considerations that appear to it to be relevant.

Revocation of permit

(3) Any permit issued in respect of an international power line in relation to which an order made under section 58.15 is in force and that is not revoked by the order is revoked on the Board’s deciding not to issue a certificate in respect of the line.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Location and Construction under Provincial Law

Provincial regulatory agency

58.17 The lieutenant governor in council of a province may designate as the provincial regulatory agency the lieutenant governor in council of the province, a provincial minister of the Crown or any other person or a board, commission or other tribunal.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Application

58.18 Sections 58.2 and 58.21 apply only in respect of those portions of international power lines that are within a province in which a provincial regulatory agency is designated under section 58.17 but do not apply in the case of international power lines in respect of which an election is filed under section 58.23.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Definition of provincial laws

58.19 For the purposes of sections 58.2, 58.21 and 58.22, a law of a province is in relation to lines for the transmission of electricity from a place in the province to another place in the province if the law is in relation to any of the following matters:

(a) the determination of their location or detailed route;

(b) the acquisition of land required for the purposes of those lines, including its acquisition by expropriation, the power to so acquire land and the procedure for so acquiring it;

(c) assessments of their impact on the environment;

(d) the protection of the environment against, and the mitigation of the effects on the environment of, those lines; or

(e) their construction and operation and the procedure to be followed in abandoning their operation.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Application of provincial laws

58.2 The laws from time to time in force in a province in relation to lines for the transmission of electricity from a place in the province to another place in that province apply in respect of those portions of international power lines that are within that province.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Incorporation of provincial functions

58.21 A provincial regulatory agency designated under section 58.17 has, in respect of those portions of international power lines that are within that province, the powers and duties that it has under the laws of the province in respect of lines for the transmission of electricity from a place in the province to another place in that province, including a power or duty to refuse to approve any matter or thing for which the approval of the agency is required, even though the result of the refusal is that the line cannot be constructed or operated.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Paramountcy

58.22 Terms and conditions of permits and certificates and Acts of Parliament of general application are, for the purpose of applying the laws of a province under section 58.2 or 58.21, paramount to those laws.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Location and Construction under Federal Law

Election

58.23 The applicant for or holder of a permit or certificate may file with the Board in the form prescribed by the regulations an election that the provisions of this Act referred to in section 58.27 and not the laws of a province described in section 58.19 apply in respect of the existing or proposed international power line.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Application

58.24 Sections 58.26 and 58.27 apply only in respect of

(a) international power lines in respect of which an election is filed under section 58.23;

(b) those portions of international power lines that are within a province in which no provincial regulatory agency is designated under section 58.17; and

(c) interprovincial power lines in respect of which an order made under section 58.4 is in force.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Effect of election

58.25 (1) Where an election is filed under section 58.23,

(a) no permit shall be issued in respect of the line;

(b) any application in respect of the line shall be dealt with as an application for a certificate; and

(c) any permit or certificate issued in respect of the line is thereupon revoked.

Liability

(2) An applicant for or holder of a permit or certificate who files an election under section 58.23 and who, at the time of the election, is proceeding under the laws of a province to acquire land for the purpose of constructing or operating the international power line is liable to each person who has an interest in the land or, in the Province of Quebec, a right in the land, for all damages suffered and reasonable costs incurred in consequence of the abandonment of the acquisition.

Idem

(3) An action for damages and costs referred to in subsection (2) may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in the province in which the land is situated.

1990, c. 7, s. 23; 2004, c. 25, s. 152.

Previous VersionProhibition

58.26 No person shall begin the construction of a section or part of an international or interprovincial power line until

(a) the plan, profile and book of reference of the section or part are approved by the Board; and

(b) copies of the plan, profile and book of reference so approved, duly certified as such by the Secretary, are deposited in the offices of the registrars of deeds for the districts or counties through which the section or part is to pass.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Application of federal Act

58.27 Sections 32 to 45 and 48 and Part V, except sections 74, 76 to 78, 114 and 115, apply in respect of international and interprovincial power lines as if each reference in any of these provisions to

(a) a “company” were a reference to the applicant for or holder of the certificate issued in respect of the line;

(b) a “pipeline” or “line” were a reference to the international or interprovincial power line; and

(c) “hydrocarbons” were a reference to electricity.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Diversions, Relocations, Crossings and Abandonments

Application

58.28 Sections 58.29, 58.31 and 58.32 apply only in respect of

(a) international power lines in respect of which an election is filed under section 58.23;

(b) those portions of international power lines that are within a province in which no provincial regulatory agency is designated under section 58.17;

(c) an international power line where the facility in question is within the legislative authority of Parliament;

(d) in the case of section 58.29, an international power line that is to be constructed across, on, along or under a navigable water; and

(e) interprovincial power lines in respect of which an order made under section 58.4 is in force.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Crossing other facilities

58.29 (1) Subject to section 58.33, no person shall, unless leave is first obtained from the appropriate authority, construct an international or interprovincial power line across, on, along or under a navigable water or a facility.

Application for leave

(2) On an application for leave under this section, the holder of the permit or certificate issued in respect of the line shall submit to the appropriate authority such plans and profiles and other information as the appropriate authority may require.

Terms and conditions

(3) The appropriate authority may, by order, grant the application in whole or in part and on such terms and conditions as the appropriate authority considers proper.

Leave in emergency cases

(4) The appropriate authority may grant leave under this section after construction of the proposed work has commenced if the appropriate authority is satisfied that the work was urgently required and, prior to the commencement of construction, the appropriate authority was notified of the intention of the holder of the permit or certificate issued in respect of the line to proceed with the proposed work.

Definition of “appropriate authority”

(5) In this section, “appropriate authority” means

(a) with respect to a navigable water, the Minister of Transport; and

(b)�(Repealed, 1996, c. 10, s. 239)

(c) with respect to any other facility, the Board.

1990, c. 7, s. 23; 1996, c. 10, s. 239.

Exceptions

58.3 (1) No approval under the Navigable Waters Protection Act is required for the construction of any work if leave for its construction is first obtained under section 58.29.

Exemptions

(2) The Minister of Transport may provide that leave under section 58.29 is not necessary if the power line is constructed across, on, along or under a navigable water or a railway, as the case may be, in accordance with the orders, regulations, plans and specifications made, adopted or approved by the Minister for those purposes.

1990, c. 7, s. 23; 1996, c. 10, s. 240.

Other facilities crossing power lines

58.31 (1) Subject to section 58.33, no person shall, unless leave is first obtained from the Board, construct a facility across, on, along or under an international or interprovincial power line or excavate using power-operated equipment or explosives within thirty metres of such a line.

Use of vehicles and mobile equipment

(2) Subject to section 58.33, no person shall operate a vehicle or mobile equipment across an international or interprovincial power line unless leave is first obtained from the holder of the permit or certificate issued in respect of the line or the vehicle or mobile equipment is operated within the travelled portion of a highway or public road.

Terms and conditions

(3) The Board may, on granting an application for leave under this section, impose such terms and conditions as it considers proper.

Directions

(4) The Board may direct the owner of a facility constructed across, on, along or under a power line in contravention of this Act or the Board’s orders or regulations to do such things as the Board considers necessary for the safety or security of the power line and may, if the Board considers that the facility may impair the safety or security of the operation of the power line, direct the owner to reconstruct, alter or remove the facility.

1990, c. 7, s. 23; 2004, c. 15, s. 88.

Previous VersionDiversions and relocations

58.32 (1) The Board may, on such terms and conditions as it considers proper, direct the holder of a permit or certificate issued in respect of an international or interprovincial power line to divert or relocate the power line if the Board is of the opinion that the diversion or relocation is necessary to facilitate the construction, reconstruction or relocation of a facility.

Costs of diversion or relocation

(2) The Board may direct by whom and to whom the costs of the diversion or relocation shall be paid.

Procedures

(3) The Board shall not make a direction under subsection (1) unless the procedures set out in sections 34 to 38 have been complied with in respect of the section or part to be diverted or relocated.

Idem

(4) The Board may order the holder of a permit or certificate issued in respect of an international or interprovincial power line to carry out such of the procedures set out in sections 34 to 38 as the holder would be required to carry out if the holder had prepared and submitted to the Board a plan, profile and book of reference pursuant to subsection 33(1).

Application of certain provisions

(5) Sections 34 to 38 apply in respect of any matter related to the carrying out of the procedures set out in those sections as if each reference in those sections to

(a) a “company” were a reference to the holder of the permit or certificate issued in respect of the international or interprovincial power line; and

(b) a “pipeline” were a reference to the international or interprovincial power line.

Costs of representations to Board

(6) The Board may fix such amount as it considers reasonable in respect of the actual costs reasonably incurred by any person who made representations to the Board under this section and may direct by whom and to whom the amount so fixed shall be paid.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Orders and regulations

58.33 The Board may make orders or regulations governing

(a) the design, construction, operation and abandonment of facilities constructed across, on, along or under power lines;

(b) the measures to be taken by any person in relation to

(i) the construction of facilities across, on, along or under power lines,

(ii) the construction of power lines across, on, along or under facilities, other than railways, and

(iii) excavations within thirty metres of power lines; and

(c) the circumstances in which or conditions under which leave from the Board under section 58.29 or 58.31 is not necessary.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Abandonment

58.34 (1) No person shall, without the leave of the Board, abandon the operation of an international power line or any interprovincial power line designated by an order under section 58.4.

Leave to abandon

(2) The Board may, on the application of the holder of a permit or certificate, grant leave to abandon the operation of the line.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Permits and Certificates

Terms and conditions

58.35 (1) The Board may, on the issuance of a permit, make the permit subject to such terms and conditions respecting the matters prescribed by the regulations as the Board considers necessary or desirable in the public interest.

Idem

(2) The Board may, on the issuance of a certificate, make the certificate subject to such terms and conditions as the Board considers necessary or desirable in the public interest.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Compliance

58.36 Every permit and certificate is subject to the condition that the provisions of this Act and the regulations in force on the date of the issuance of the permit or certificate and as subsequently enacted, made or amended, as well as every order made under the authority of this Act or of the laws of a province that are applicable under section 58.2, will be complied with.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Revocation and suspension

58.37 (1) The Board may revoke or suspend a permit or certificate

(a) on the application or with the consent of the holder of the permit or certificate; or

(b) where a holder of the permit or certificate has contravened or failed to comply with a term or condition of the permit or certificate.

Notice

(2) The Board shall not revoke or suspend a permit or certificate under paragraph (1)(b) unless the Board has

(a) sent a notice to the holder of the permit or certificate specifying the term or condition that is alleged to have been contravened or not complied with; and

(b) given the holder of the permit or certificate a reasonable opportunity to be heard.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Miscellaneous Provisions

Application of certain provisions

58.38 (1) Sections 76 to 78 and 114 apply in respect of international power lines and of interprovincial power lines in respect of which an order made under section 58.4 is in force as they apply in respect of pipelines.

Application of references

(2) The provisions of this Act referred to in subsection (1) apply in respect of an international power line as if each reference in those provisions to

(a) a “company” were a reference to the holder of the permit or certificate issued in respect of the line; and

(b) a “pipeline” were a reference to the international or interprovincial power line.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Regulations

58.39 The Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying into effect the purposes and provisions of this Part, including regulations

(a) prescribing matters in respect of which terms and conditions of permits may be imposed;

(b) respecting the information to be furnished in connection with applications for permits;

(c) specifying considerations to which the Board shall have regard in deciding whether to recommend to the Minister that an international power line be designated by order of the Governor in Council under section 58.15; and

(d) prescribing the form of elections filed under section 58.23.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Interprovincial Power Lines

Where certificate required

58.4 (1) The Governor in Council may make orders

(a) designating an interprovincial power line as an interprovincial power line that is to be constructed and operated under and in accordance with a certificate issued under section 58.16; or

(b) specifying considerations to which the Board shall have regard in deciding whether to issue such a certificate.

Prohibition

(2) No person shall construct or operate any section or part of an interprovincial power line in respect of which an order made under subsection (1) is in force except under and in accordance with a certificate issued under section 58.16.

1990, c. 7, s. 23.

Part Iv. Traffic, Tolls And Tariffs

Interpretation

Definition of “tariff”

58.5 In this Part, “tariff” means a schedule of tolls, terms and conditions, classifications, practices or rules and regulations applicable to the provision of a service by a company and includes rules respecting the calculation of tolls.

1990, c. 7, s. 24.

Powers of Board

Regulation of traffic, etc.

59. The Board may make orders with respect to all matters relating to traffic, tolls or tariffs.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 50.

Filing of Tariff

Tolls to be filed

60. (1) A company shall not charge any tolls except tolls that are

(a) specified in a tariff that has been filed with the Board and is in effect; or

(b) approved by an order of the Board.

Compliance

(2) Where gas or a commodity other than oil transmitted by a company through its pipeline is the property of the company, the company shall file with the Board, on the making thereof, true copies of all the contracts it may make for the sale of the gas or commodity and of any amendments from time to time made thereto, and the true copies so filed are deemed, for the purposes of this Part, to constitute a tariff pursuant to subsection (1).

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 60; 1996, c. 10, s. 241.

Commencement of tariff

61. Where a company files a tariff with the Board and the company proposes to charge a toll referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition “toll” in section 2, the Board may establish the day on which the tariff is to come into effect and the company shall not commence to charge the toll before that day.

1977-78, c. 20, s. 41.

Just and Reasonable Tolls

Tolls to be just and reasonable

62. All tolls shall be just and reasonable, and shall always, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions with respect to all traffic of the same description carried over the same route, be charged equally to all persons at the same rate.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 52.

Board determinations

63. The Board may determine, as questions of fact, whether or not traffic is or has been carried under substantially similar circumstances and conditions referred to in section 62, whether in any case a company has or has not complied with the provisions of that section, and whether there has, in any case, been unjust discrimination within the meaning of section 67.

1980-81-82-83, c. 116, s. 17.

Interim tolls

64. Where the Board has made an interim order authorizing a company to charge tolls until a specified time or the happening of a specified event, the Board may, in any subsequent order, direct the company

(a) to refund, in a manner satisfactory to the Board, such part of the tolls charged by the company under the interim order as is in excess of the tolls determined by the Board to be just and reasonable, together with interest on the amount so refunded; or

(b) to recover in its tolls, in a manner satisfactory to the Board, the amount by which the tolls determined by the Board to be just and reasonable exceed the tolls charged by the company under the interim order, together with interest on the amount so recovered.

1980-81-82-83, c. 116, s. 17.

Disallowance of Tariff

Disallowance of tariff

65. The Board may disallow any tariff or any portion thereof that it considers to be contrary to any of the provisions of this Act or to any order of the Board, and may require a company, within a prescribed time, to substitute a tariff satisfactory to the Board in lieu thereof, or may prescribe other tariffs in lieu of the tariff or portion thereof so disallowed.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 53.

Suspension of tariff

66. The Board may suspend any tariff or any portion thereof before or after the tariff goes into effect.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 54.

Discrimination

No unjust discrimination

67. A company shall not make any unjust discrimination in tolls, service or facilities against any person or locality.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 55.

Burden of proof

68. Where it is shown that a company makes any discrimination in tolls, service or facilities against any person or locality, the burden of proving that the discrimination is not unjust lies on the company.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 56.

No rebates, etc.

69. (1) A company or shipper or an officer or an employee, or an agent or a mandatary, of the company or shipper who

(b) knowingly is party or privy to a false billing, false classification, false report or other device,

whereby a person obtains transmission of hydrocarbons or any other commodity by a company at a rate less than that named in the tariffs then in force, is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

Prosecution

(2) No prosecution shall be instituted for an offence under this section without leave of the Board.

Contracts Limiting Liabilities

Contracts limiting liability of company

70. (1) Except as provided in this section, no contract, condition or notice made or given by a company impairing, restricting or limiting its liability in respect of the transmission of hydrocarbons or any other commodity relieves the company from its liability, unless that class of contract, condition or notice is included as a term or condition of its tariffs as filed or has been first authorized or approved by order or regulation of the Board.

Board may determine limits

(2) The Board may determine the extent to which the liability of a company may be impaired, restricted or limited as provided in this section.

Terms and conditions

(3) The Board may prescribe the terms and conditions under which hydrocarbons or any other commodity may be transmitted by a company.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 70; 1996, c. 10, s. 243.

Transmission, etc., of Oil or Gas

Duty of pipeline company

71. (1) Subject to such exemptions, conditions or regulations as the Board may prescribe, a company operating a pipeline for the transmission of oil shall, according to its powers, without delay and with due care and diligence, receive, transport and deliver all oil offered for transmission by means of its pipeline.

Orders for transmission of commodities

(2) The Board may, by order, on such terms and conditions as it may specify in the order, require the following companies to receive, transport and deliver, according to their powers, a commodity offered for transmission by means of a pipeline:

(a) a company operating a pipeline for the transmission of gas; and

(b) a company that has been issued a certificate under section 52 authorizing the transmission of a commodity other than oil.

Extension of facilities

(3) The Board may, if it considers it necessary or desirable to do so in the public interest, require a company operating a pipeline for the transmission of hydrocarbons, or for the transmission of any other commodity authorized by a certificate issued under section 52, to provide adequate and suitable facilities for

(a) the receiving, transmission and delivering of the hydrocarbons or other commodity offered for transmission by means of its pipeline,

(b) the storage of the hydrocarbons or other commodity, and

(c) the junction of its pipeline with other facilities for the transmission of the hydrocarbons or other commodity,

if the Board finds that no undue burden will be placed on the company by requiring the company to do so.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 71; 1996, c. 10, s. 243.1.

Transmission and Sale of Gas

Extension of services of gas pipeline companies

72. (1) Where the Board finds such action necessary or desirable in the public interest, it may direct a company operating a pipeline for the transmission of gas to extend or improve its transmission facilities to provide facilities for the junction of its pipeline with any facilities of, and sell gas to, any person or municipality engaged or legally authorized to engage in the local distribution of gas to the public, and for those purposes to construct branch lines to communities immediately adjacent to its pipeline, if the Board finds that no undue burden will be placed on the company thereby.

Limitation on extension

(2) Subsection (1) does not empower the Board to compel a company to sell gas to additional customers if to do so would impair its ability to render adequate service to its existing customers.

Deemed toll for transmission

(3) Where the gas transmitted by a company through its pipeline is the property of the company, the differential between the cost to the company of the gas at the point where it enters its pipeline and the amount for which the gas is sold by the company shall, for the purposes of this Part, be deemed to be a toll charged by the company to the purchaser for the transmission of that gas.

R.S., c. N-6, ss. 60, 61.

Part V. Powers Of Pipeline Companies

General Powers

Powers of company

73. A company may, for the purposes of its undertaking, subject to this Act and to any Special Act applicable to it,

(a) enter into and on any Crown land without previous licence therefor, or into or on the land of any person, lying in the intended route of its pipeline, and make surveys, examinations or other necessary arrangements on the land for fixing the site of the pipeline, and set out and ascertain such parts of the land as are necessary and proper for the pipeline;

(b) purchase, take and hold of and from any person any land or other property necessary for the construction, maintenance and operation of its pipeline and sell or otherwise dispose of any of its land or property that for any reason has become unnecessary for the purpose of the pipeline;

(c) construct, lay, carry or place its pipeline across, on or under the land of any person on the located line of the pipeline;

(d) join its pipeline with the transmission facilities of any other person at any point on its route;

(e) construct, erect and maintain all necessary and convenient roads, buildings, houses, stations, depots, wharves, docks and other structures, and construct, purchase and acquire machinery and other apparatus necessary for the construction, maintenance and operation of its pipeline;

(f) construct, maintain and operate branch lines, and for that purpose exercise all the powers, privileges and authority necessary therefor, in as full and ample a manner as for a pipeline;

(g) alter, repair or discontinue the works mentioned in this section, or any of them, and substitute others in their stead;

(h) transmit hydrocarbons by pipeline and regulate the time and manner in which hydrocarbons shall be transmitted, and the tolls to be charged therefor; and

(i) do all other acts necessary for the construction, maintenance and operation of its pipeline.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 73; 2004, c. 25, s. 154.

Previous VersionLimitations on purchase and sale, etc.

74. (1) A company shall not, without the leave of the Board,

(a) sell, transfer or lease to any person its pipeline, in whole or in part;

(b) purchase or lease any pipeline from any person;

(c) enter into an agreement for amalgamation with any other company; or

(d) abandon the operation of a pipeline.

Definition of “pipeline” and “company”

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), “pipeline” includes a pipeline as defined in section 2 or any other pipeline, and, for the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), “company” includes a company as defined in section 2 or any other company.

Exception

(3) Despite paragraph (1)(a), leave shall only be required if a company sells, transfers or leases any part or parts of its pipeline that are capable of being operated as a line for the transmission of gas or oil.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 74; 2004, c. 25, s. 155.

Previous VersionDamages and compensation

75. A company shall, in the exercise of the powers granted by this Act or a Special Act, do as little damage as possible, and shall make full compensation in the manner provided in this Act and in a Special Act, to all persons interested, for all damage sustained by them by reason of the exercise of those powers.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 64.

Exercise of powers outside Canada

76. A company operating a pipeline from a place in Canada to a place on the international boundary line may exercise, beyond that boundary, in so far as permitted by the laws there in force, the powers that it may exercise in Canada.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 65.

Taking and Using Lands

Crown lands

77. (1) No company shall take possession of, use or occupy lands vested in Her Majesty without the consent of the Governor in Council.

Consent

(2) A company may, with the consent of the Governor in Council and on such terms as the Governor in Council may prescribe, take and appropriate, for the use of its pipeline and works, so much of the lands of Her Majesty lying on the route of the line that have not been granted, conceded or sold, as is necessary for the pipeline, and also so much of the public beach, or bed of a lake, river or stream, or of the lands so vested covered with the waters of a lake, river or stream as is necessary for making, completing and using its pipeline and works.

Compensation where lands held in trust

(3) Where lands are vested in Her Majesty for a special purpose, or subject to a trust, the compensation money that a company pays therefor shall be held and applied by the Governor in Council for the like purpose or trust.

Exception

(4) This section does not apply to anything done pursuant to leave obtained therefor under section 108.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 77; 2004, c. 25, s. 156(E).

Previous VersionIndian lands

78. (1) No company shall take possession of or occupy lands in an Indian reserve without the consent of the Governor in Council.

Compensation

(2) Where, with the consent of the Governor in Council, lands in an Indian reserve are taken possession of, used or occupied by a company, or where they are injuriously affected by the construction of a pipeline, compensation shall be made therefor as in the case of lands taken without the consent of the owner.

Definition of “Indian reserve”

(3) In this section, “Indian reserve” means

(a) a reserve, as defined in the Indian Act;

(b) Category IA land or Category IA-N land, as defined in the Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act, chapter 18 of the Statutes of Canada, 1984; or

(c) Sechelt lands, as defined in the Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act, chapter 27 of the Statutes of Canada, 1986.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 78; R.S., 1985, c. 20 (2nd Supp.), s. 6.

Settlement land

78.1 (1) No company shall, if the Yukon first nation concerned does not consent thereto, take possession of or occupy settlement land as defined in section 2 of the Yukon Surface Rights Board Act without the consent of the Governor in Council.

Tetlit Gwich’in Yukon land

(2) No company shall, if the Gwich’in Tribal Council does not consent thereto, take possession of or occupy Tetlit Gwich’in Yukon land without the consent of the Governor in Council.

Public hearing

(3) Where an interest in land referred to in subsection (1) or (2) is to be taken possession of or occupied without the consent of the Yukon first nation or Gwich’in Tribal Council, as the case may be,

(a) a public hearing in respect of the location and extent of the land to be taken possession of or occupied shall be held in accordance with the following procedure:

(i) notice of the time and place for the public hearing shall be given to the Yukon first nation or Gwich’in Tribal Council and the public,

(ii) at the time and place fixed for the public hearing, an opportunity shall be provided for the Yukon first nation or Gwich’in Tribal Council and the public to be heard,

(iii) costs incurred by any party in relation to the hearing are in the discretion of the person or body holding the hearing and may be awarded on or before the final disposition of the issue, and

(iv) a report on the hearing shall be prepared and submitted to the Minister; and

(b) notice of intention to obtain the consent of the Governor in Council shall be given to the Yukon first nation or Gwich’in Tribal Council on completion of the public hearing and submission of a report thereon to the Minister.

Definition of “Tetlit Gwich’in Yukon land”

(4) In this section, “Tetlit Gwich’in Yukon land” means land as described in Annex B, as amended from time to time, to Appendix C of the Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement between Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada and the Gwich’in, as represented by the Gwich’in Tribal Council, that was approved, given effect and declared valid by the Gwich’in Land Claim Settlement Act.

1994, c. 43, s. 87.

Mines and Minerals

Protection of mines

79. No company shall, without the authority of the Board, locate the line of its proposed pipeline, or construct the pipeline or portion thereof, so as to obstruct or interfere with or injuriously affect the working of or the access or adit to a mine then open, or for the opening of which preparations are, at the time of the location, being lawfully and openly made.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 68.

Right to minerals

80. A company is not, unless they have been expressly purchased, entitled to mines, ores, metals, coal, slate, oil, gas or other minerals in or under lands purchased by it, or taken by it under compulsory powers given to it by this Act, except only the parts of them that are necessary to be dug, carried away or used in the construction of the works, and, except as provided in this section, all those mines and minerals shall be deemed to be excepted from the transfer of the lands, unless they have been expressly included in the transfer documents.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 80; 2004, c. 25, s. 157.

Previous VersionProtection of pipeline from mining operations

81. (1) No person shall work or prospect for mines or minerals lying under a pipeline or any of the works connected therewith, or within forty metres therefrom, until leave therefor has been obtained from the Board.

Use of oil and gas

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), leave from the Board is not required in the case of a well taking oil or gas from lands lying under a pipeline or any of the works connected therewith if the well is not drilled within forty metres of the pipeline.

Application for leave

(3) On an application to the Board for leave to work or prospect for mines or minerals, the applicant shall submit a plan and profile of the portion of the pipeline to be affected thereby, giving all reasonable and necessary information and details respecting the proposed operations.

Terms of leave

(4) The Board may grant the application referred to in subsection (3) on such terms and conditions for the protection, safety or security of the public as seem expedient to the Board, and may order that such things be done as under the circumstances appear to the Board to be best adapted to remove or diminish the danger arising or likely to arise from the proposed operations.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 81; 2004, c. 15, s. 89(E).

Previous VersionExamination of site of mining operations

82. If necessary in order to ascertain whether any mining or prospecting operations have been carried on so as to injure or be detrimental to a pipeline or its safety or security or the safety or security of the public, a company may, with the written permission of the Board and after giving twenty-four hours notice in writing, enter on any lands through or near which its pipeline passes where any mining or prospecting operations are being carried on, and enter into and return from the site of the operations, and for those purposes the company may make use of any apparatus used in connection with the operations and use all necessary means for discovering the distance from its pipeline to the place where the operations are being carried on.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 82; 2004, c. 15, s. 90.

Previous VersionCompensation for severance, etc., of mining property

83. A company shall, from time to time, pay to the owner, lessee or occupier of any mines such compensation as the Board fixes and orders to be paid for or by reason of any severance by a pipeline of the land lying over the mines, the working of the mines being prevented, stopped or interrupted, or the mines having to be worked in such manner and under such restrictions as not to injure or be detrimental to the pipeline, and also for any minerals not purchased by the company that cannot be obtained by reason of the construction and operation of its line.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 72.

Application

Application restricted

84. The provisions of this Part that provide negotiation and arbitration procedures to determine compensation matters apply in respect of all damage caused by the pipeline of a company or anything carried by the pipeline but do not apply to

(a) claims against a company arising out of activities of the company unless those activities are directly related to

(i) the acquisition of lands for a pipeline,

(ii) the construction of the pipeline, or

(iii) the inspection, maintenance or repair of the pipeline;

(b) claims against a company for loss of life or injury to the person; or

(c) awards of compensation or agreements respecting compensation made or entered into prior to March 1, 1983.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 84; 2001, c. 4, s. 103(E).

Acquisition of Lands

Definition of “owner”

85. In sections 86 to 107, “owner” means any person who is entitled to compensation under section 75.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 73; 1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 5.

Methods of acquisition

86. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a company may acquire lands for a pipeline under a land acquisition agreement entered into between the company and the owner of the lands or, in the absence of such an agreement, in accordance with this Part.

Form of agreement

(2) A company may not acquire lands for a pipeline under a land acquisition agreement unless the agreement includes provision for

(a) compensation for the acquisition of lands to be made, at the option of the owner of the lands, by one lump sum payment or by annual or periodic payments of equal or different amounts over a period of time;

(b) review every five years of the amount of any compensation payable in respect of which annual or other periodic payments have been selected;

(c) compensation for all damages suffered as a result of the operations of the company;

(d) indemnification from all liabilities, damages, claims, suits and actions arising out of the operations of the company other than liabilities, damages, claims, suits and actions resulting from

(i) in the Province of Quebec, the gross or intentional fault of the owner of the lands, and

(ii) in any other province, the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the owner of the lands;

(e) restricting the use of the lands to the line of pipe or other facility for which the lands are, by the agreement, specified to be required unless the owner of the lands consents to any proposed additional use at the time of the proposed additional use; and

(f) such additional matters as are, at the time the agreement is entered into, required to be included in a land acquisition agreement by any regulations made under paragraph 107(a).

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 86; 2001, c. 4, s. 104.

Notice of proposed acquisition of lands

87. (1) When a company has determined the lands that may be required for the purposes of a section or part of a pipeline, the company shall serve a notice on all owners of the lands, in so far as they can be ascertained, which notice shall set out or be accompanied by

(a) a description of the lands of the owner that are required by the company for that section or part;

(b) details of the compensation offered by the company for the lands required;

(c) a detailed statement made by the company of the value of the lands required in respect of which compensation is offered;

(d) a description of the procedure for approval of the detailed route of the pipeline; and

(e) a description of the procedure available for negotiation and arbitration under this Part in the event that the owner of the lands and the company are unable to agree on any matter respecting the compensation payable.

Agreement void or null

(2) If a land acquisition agreement referred to in section 86 is entered into with an owner of lands before a notice is served on the owner under this section, that agreement is void or, in the province of Quebec, null.

Abandonment: company’s liability

(3) Where a company serves a notice on an owner of lands under subsection (1) and subsequently decides not to acquire all or part of the land described in the notice, it is liable to the owner for all damages suffered and reasonable costs incurred by the owner in consequence of the notice and the abandonment of the acquisition of the land and the owner may bring an action to recover the amount of the damages and costs in any court of competent jurisdiction in the province in which the land is situated.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 87; 2004, c. 25, s. 158(E).

Previous Version

Negotiation Proceedings

Request for negotiations

88. (1) Where a company and an owner of lands have not agreed on the amount of compensation payable under this Act for the acquisition of lands or for damages suffered as a result of the operations of the company or on any issue related to that compensation, the company or the owner may serve notice of negotiation on the other of them and on the Minister requesting that the matter be negotiated under subsection (3).

Appointment of negotiator

(2) Forthwith after a notice of negotiation is served on the Minister, the Minister shall appoint a negotiator and provide the negotiator with a copy of the notice of negotiation.

Proceedings

(3) A negotiator shall, on reasonable notice to the parties to the negotiation proceedings, meet with them and, without prejudice to any subsequent proceedings, proceed in a summary and informal manner to negotiate a settlement of the matter referred to in the notice of negotiation.

Inspection of lands

(4) A negotiator may enter on and make such inspection of the lands to which the negotiation proceedings relate as the negotiator deems necessary.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 5.

Report of negotiator

89. A negotiator shall, within sixty days after the commencement of the negotiation proceedings, report to the Minister the success or failure of the negotiations and shall thereupon send a copy of the report to both parties.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 5.

Arbitration Proceedings

Request for arbitration

90. (1) Where a company or an owner of lands wishes to dispense with negotiation proceedings under this Part or where negotiation proceedings conducted under this Part do not result in settlement of any compensation matter referred to in subsection 88(1), the company or the owner may serve notice of arbitration on the other of them and on the Minister requesting that the matter be determined by arbitration.

Where subsequent disputes not settled

(2) Where a company and a person who has had an award of compensation made in his favour or has entered into an agreement respecting compensation with the company are unable to settle any claim for damages arising out of the operations of the company or any matter respecting the compensation payable where annual or other periodic payments have been selected, the company or the person may serve notice of arbitration on the other of them and on the Minister requesting that the matter be determined by arbitration.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 5.

Duties of Minister

91. (1) Where the Minister is served with a notice of arbitration under this Part, the Minister shall,

(a) if an Arbitration Committee exists to deal with the matter referred to in the notice, forthwith serve the notice on that Committee; or

(b) if no Arbitration Committee exists to deal with the matter, forthwith appoint an Arbitration Committee and serve the notice on that Committee.

Exception

(2) The Minister shall not take any action under subsection (1) where the Minister is satisfied that the matter referred to in a notice of arbitration served on the Minister is a matter

(a) solely related to the amount of compensation that has been previously awarded by an Arbitration Committee and that, under the award, the amount is not subject to a review at the time the notice is served; or

(b) to which the arbitration procedures set out in this Part do not apply.

Appointment of Committee without notice

(3) The Minister may, of his own motion and without having been served with a notice of arbitration referred to in subsection (1), appoint an Arbitration Committee.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 5.

Membership

92. (1) An Arbitration Committee shall consist of not less than three members appointed by the Minister each of whom shall receive such remuneration as is fixed by the Minister with the approval of the Governor in Council.

Settlement land or Tetlit Gwich’in Yukon land

(1.1) One member of an Arbitration Committee appointed to determine a compensation matter involving land referred to in section 78.1 must be a member nominated by the Yukon first nation concerned or the Gwich’in Tribal Council, as the case may be.

Exclusion of certain persons as members

(2) No member of the Board or officer or employee of the Board shall be appointed a member of an Arbitration Committee.

Designation of Chairman

(3) The Minister shall designate one member of an Arbitration Committee to be its Chairman.

Appointment of persons to assist

(4) The Minister may appoint such persons as the Minister deems necessary to assist an Arbitration Committee in carrying out its duties under this Part.

Acting Chairman

(5) If the Chairman of an Arbitration Committee is absent or unable to act or if the office is vacant, the other members of the Committee may authorize one of its members to act as Chairman during the absence or incapacity of the Chairman or vacancy in the office.

Expenses

(6) Each member of an Arbitration Committee is entitled to be paid reasonable travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of his duties while away from his ordinary place of residence.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 92; 1994, c. 43, s. 88.

Quorum and functions

93. (1) Three members of an Arbitration Committee constitute a quorum and may perform any function of the Committee and, when performing such a function, have all the powers and jurisdiction of the Committee.

Signature on decisions, etc.

(2) All decisions, orders, notices, directions and other documents made, given or issued by an Arbitration Committee shall be signed by its Chairman.

Powers with respect to witnesses, etc.

(3) An Arbitration Committee has, with respect to the attendance, swearing and examination of witnesses, the production and inspection of documents, the enforcement of its decisions or orders and other matters necessary or proper for the due exercise of its jurisdiction, all such powers, rights and privileges as are vested in a superior court of record.

Records to be kept

(4) An Arbitration Committee shall cause records to be kept of its hearings and proceedings and shall deposit its records with the Minister when the activities of the Committee to which the records relate have ceased.

Written decisions

(5) The decisions of an Arbitration Committee shall be in writing and shall contain reasons therefor.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 5.

Hearings and inspection of property

94. An Arbitration Committee may

(a) hold hearings at such times and places as it considers expedient; and

(b) enter on and inspect, or authorize any person to enter on and inspect, any land, building, works or other property associated with any matter referred to the Committee.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 5.

Commencement of proceedings

95. When a notice of arbitration is served on an Arbitration Committee, the Committee shall

(a) fix a suitable time and place for a hearing in order to determine all compensation matters referred to in the notice; and

(b) serve notice of the hearing on the parties to which the hearing relates.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 5.

Termination of Arbitration Committee

96. The Minister may terminate the appointment of the members of an Arbitration Committee if the Minister is satisfied that the Committee has no arbitration work to carry out.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 5.

Determination of compensation

97. (1) An Arbitration Committee shall determine all compensation matters referred to in a notice of arbitration served on it and in doing so shall consider the following factors where applicable:

(a) the market value of the lands taken by the company;

(b) where annual or periodic payments are being made pursuant to an agreement or an arbitration decision, changes in the market value referred to in paragraph (a) since the agreement or decision or since the last review and adjustment of those payments, as the case may be;

(c) the loss of use to the owner of the lands taken by the company;

(d) the adverse effect of the taking of the lands by the company on the remaining lands of an owner;

(e) the nuisance, inconvenience and noise that may reasonably be expected to be caused by or arise from or in connection with the operations of the company;

(f) the damage to lands in the area of the lands taken by the company that might reasonably be expected to be caused by the operations of the company;

(g) loss of or damage to livestock or other personal property or movable affected by the operations of the company;

(h) any special difficulties in relocation of an owner or his property; and

(i) such other factors as the Committee considers proper in the circumstances.

Definition of “market value”

(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(a), “market value” is the amount that would have been paid for the lands if, at the time of their taking, they had been sold in the open market by a willing seller to a willing buyer.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 97; 2004, c. 25, s. 159.

Previous VersionSettlement land or Tetlit Gwich’in Yukon land

97.1 Where an Arbitration Committee is appointed to determine a compensation matter involving land referred to in section 78.1, sections 3, 26 to 31, 36, 54 to 58, 63, 67 and 72 of the Yukon Surface Rights Board Act apply to the Arbitration Committee as if it were the Yukon Surface Rights Board.

1994, c. 43, s. 89.

Form of compensation payment where land taken

98. (1) Where an Arbitration Committee makes an award of compensation in favour of a person whose lands are taken by a company, the Committee shall direct, at the option of that person, that the compensation or such part of it as is specified by that person be made by one lump sum payment or by annual or periodic payments of equal or different amounts over a period of time.

Idem, in other cases

(2) Where an Arbitration Committee makes an award of compensation in favour of any person other than a person referred to in subsection (1), the Committee may direct, at the request of that person, that the compensation or such part of it as is specified by that person be made by annual or periodic payments of equal or different amounts over a period of time and that there be a periodic review of the compensation or part thereof.

Terms to be included in award

(3) Every award of compensation made by an Arbitration Committee in respect of lands acquired by a company shall include provision for those matters referred to in paragraphs 86(2)(b) to (f) that would be required to be included in a land acquisition agreement referred to in section 86.

Interest may be payable

(4) An Arbitration Committee may direct a company to pay interest on the amount of any compensation awarded by the Committee at the lowest rate of interest quoted by banks to the most credit-worthy borrowers for prime business loans, as determined and published by the Bank of Canada for the month in which

(a) the company entered the lands in respect of which the compensation is awarded, or

(b) the damages suffered as a result of the operations of the company first occurred,

as the case may be.

Idem

(5) Interest may be awarded under subsection (4) from the date the event referred to in paragraph (4)(a) or (b), as the case may be, occurred or from such later date as the Arbitration Committee may specify in its award.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 5.

Costs

99. (1) Where the amount of compensation awarded to a person by an Arbitration Committee exceeds eighty-five per cent of the amount of compensation offered by the company, the company shall pay all legal, appraisal and other costs determined by the Committee to have been reasonably incurred by that person in asserting that person’s claim for compensation.

Idem

(2) Where the amount of compensation awarded to a person by an Arbitration Committee does not exceed eighty-five per cent of the amount of compensation offered by the company, the legal, appraisal and other costs incurred by that person in asserting his claim for compensation are in the discretion of the Committee, and the Committee may direct that the whole or any part of those costs be paid by the company or by any other party to the proceedings.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 99; 1990, c. 7, s. 25(F).

Decisions

100. (1) An Arbitration Committee shall, forthwith after rendering its decision in an arbitration proceeding, forward by registered mail to the company and to each other party to the proceeding a certified copy of the decision.

Power to amend, etc.

(2) An Arbitration Committee may review, rescind, amend or substitute a decision of an Arbitration Committee but nothing in this subsection shall be construed as authorizing an Arbitration Committee to rescind, amend or substitute the amount of compensation awarded by an Arbitration Committee unless the amount is, under the award, subject to a review after a period of time specified in the award and the period of time has expired.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 5.

Appeals

101. A decision, order or direction of an Arbitration Committee may, on a question of law or a question of jurisdiction, be appealed to the Federal Court within thirty days after the day on which the decision, order or direction is made, given or issued or within such further time as that Court or a judge thereof under special circumstances may allow.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 101; 2002, c. 8, s. 183.

Previous VersionEnforcement of decisions

102. A decision, order or direction of an Arbitration Committee may, for the purpose of enforcement thereof, be made a rule, order or decree of the Federal Court or of a superior court in any province and shall be enforced in the same manner as a rule, order or decree of that court.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 5.

Agreements supersede Committee decisions

103. Where, at any time after a decision of an Arbitration Committee has been made in respect of lands acquired by a company, the parties affected thereby enter into a land acquisition agreement referred to in subsection 86(2), the agreement supersedes the decision of the Committee.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 5.

Right of Entry

Immediate right of entry

104. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Board may, on application in writing by a company, if the Board considers it proper to do so, issue an order to the company granting it an immediate right to enter any lands on such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board may specify in the order.

Where immediate right of entry prohibited

(2) An order under subsection (1) shall not be issued in respect of any lands unless the company making the application for the order satisfies the Board that the owner of the lands has, not less than thirty days and not more than sixty days prior to the date of the application, been served with a notice setting out

(a) the date the company intends to make its application to the Board under subsection (1);

(b) the date the company wishes to enter the lands;

(c) the address of the Board to which any objection in writing that the owner might wish to make concerning the issuance of the order may be sent; and

(d) a description of the right of the owner to an advance of compensation under section 105 if the order is issued and the amount of the advance that the company is prepared to make.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 5.

Advance of compensation

105. Where a company has been granted an immediate right to enter any lands under subsection 104(1), the owner of the lands is entitled to receive from the company an amount as an advance of the compensation referred to in subsection 88(1) and where the owner has not received an advance or is not agreeable to the amount of the advance offered by the company, the owner may serve a notice of arbitration on the company and on the Minister requesting that the matter be determined by arbitration.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 5.

Vesting and registration

106. An order under subsection 104(1) granting to a company an immediate right to enter any lands

(a) shall be deemed to vest in the company any title, interest or right in the lands in respect of which the order is granted that is specified in the order; and

(b) shall be deposited in, and shall be registered, recorded or filed, as the case requires, by the registrar of deeds of, the land registry or land titles office in which land transactions affecting those lands may be deposited, registered, recorded or filed.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 106; 2004, c. 25, s. 160.

Previous VersionRegulations

107. The Minister may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make regulations

(a) prescribing, in addition to the matters specified in paragraphs 86(2)(a) to (e), other matters that shall be included in a land acquisition agreement between a company and an owner of lands;

(b) providing for substituted service of any notice required to be served under section 34 or under this Part;

(c) prescribing the form of notices under this Part;

(d) governing the conduct of proceedings at public hearings held by an Arbitration Committee; and

(e) generally for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Part.

1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 5.

Construction over other Utility Lines, etc.

Definitions

108. (1) In this section and sections 110 and 111,

“appropriate authority”

« autorité compétente »

“appropriate authority” means

(a) with respect to a navigable water, the Minister of Transport, and

(b)�(Repealed, 1996, c. 10, s. 244)

(c) with respect to any other utility, the Board;

“utility”

« installation de service public »

“utility” means a navigable water, a highway, an irrigation ditch, a publicly owned or operated drainage system, sewer or dike, an underground telegraph or telephone line or a line for the transmission of hydrocarbons, electricity or any other substance.

Construction of pipeline over other utilities

(2) The pipeline of a company may, if leave is first obtained from the appropriate authority, be carried across any utility and for that purpose may be constructed on, along or under any such utility.

Application for leave

(3) On an application for leave under this section, a company shall submit to the appropriate authority such plans and profiles and other information as the appropriate authority may require.

Terms

(4) The appropriate authority may, by order, grant the application in whole or in part and on such terms and conditions as the appropriate authority considers proper.

Construction without leave

(5) The appropriate authority may provide that leave under this section is not necessary if the pipeline is constructed in accordance with the orders, regulations, plans and specifications made, adopted or approved by the appropriate authority for those purposes.

Exception

(5.1) The Board may make orders or regulations prescribing the circumstances in which or conditions under which leave under this section is not necessary to carry a pipeline across a utility other than a navigable water or a railway.

Leave in emergency cases

(6) The appropriate authority may grant leave under this section after construction of the proposed work has commenced if the appropriate authority is satisfied that the work was urgently required and, prior to the commencement of construction, the appropriate authority was notified of the company’s intention to proceed with the proposed work.

109. No approval under the Navigable Waters Protection Act is required for the construction of any work if leave for its construction is first obtained under section 108.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 109; 1990, c. 7, s. 27.

Construction without leave prohibited

110. Except as provided in section 108, a pipeline shall not be constructed as described in subsection 108(2) without leave of the appropriate authority under section 108.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 76.

If pipeline affixed to any real property or immovables

111. Despite this Act or any other general or Special Act or law to the contrary, if the pipeline of a company or any part of that pipeline has been affixed to any real property or immovable in accordance with leave obtained from the appropriate authority as provided in subsection 108(2) or (6) or without leave under subsection 108(5),

(a) the pipeline or that part of it remains subject to the rights of the company and remains the property of the company as fully as it was before being so affixed and does not become part of the real property or immovable of any person other than the company unless otherwise agreed by the company in writing and unless notice of the agreement in writing has been filed with the Secretary; and

(b) subject to the provisions of this Act, the company may create a lien, mortgage, charge or other security, or the company may constitute a hypothec, on the pipeline or on that part of it.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 111; 2001, c. 4, s. 105; 2004, c. 25, s. 161.

Previous VersionConstruction of facilities across pipelines

112. (1) Subject to subsection (5), no person shall, unless leave is first obtained from the Board, construct a facility across, on, along or under a pipeline or excavate using power-operated equipment or explosives within thirty metres of a pipeline.

Use of vehicles and mobile equipment

(2) Subject to subsection (5), no person shall operate a vehicle or mobile equipment across a pipeline unless leave is first obtained from the company or the vehicle or mobile equipment is operated within the travelled portion of a highway or public road.

Terms and conditions

(3) The Board may, on granting an application for leave under this section, impose such terms and conditions as it considers proper.

Directions

(4) The Board may direct the owner of a facility constructed across, on, along or under a pipeline in contravention of this Act or the Board’s orders or regulations to do such things as the Board considers necessary for the safety or security of the pipeline and may, if the Board considers that the facility may impair the safety or security of the operation of the pipeline, direct the owner to reconstruct, alter or remove the facility.

Exception

(5) The Board may make orders or regulations governing

(a) the design, construction, operation and abandonment of facilities constructed across, on, along or under pipelines;

(b) the measures to be taken by any person in relation to

(i) the construction of facilities across, on, along or under pipelines,

(ii) the construction of pipelines across, on, along or under facilities, other than railways, and

(iii) excavations within thirty metres of a pipeline; and

(c) the circumstances in which or conditions under which leave under this section is not necessary.

Temporary prohibition on excavating

(5.1) Without limiting the generality of paragraph (5)(c), orders or regulations made under that paragraph may provide for the prohibiting of excavations in an area situated in the vicinity of a pipeline, which area may extend beyond thirty metres of the pipeline, during the period that starts when a request is made to a pipeline company to locate its pipeline and ends

(a) at the end of the third working day after the day on which the request is made; or

(b) at any later time that is agreed to between the pipeline company and the person making the request.

Exemptions

(6) The Board may, by order made on any terms and conditions that the Board considers appropriate, exempt any person from the application of an order or regulation made under subsection (5).

Inspection officers

(7) The provisions of sections 49 to 51.3 relating to inspection officers apply for the purpose of ensuring compliance with orders and regulations made under subsection (5).

Executions, etc.

114. (1) It is hereby declared that nothing in this Act restricts or prohibits any of the following transactions:

(a) the sale under execution of any property of a company; or

(b) the creation of any lien, mortgage, hypothec, charge or other security on the property of the company, or of any prior claim or right of retention within the meaning of the Civil Code of Québec or any other statute of the Province of Quebec with respect to property of the company;

(c) the sale, elsewhere than in the Province of Quebec, under an order of a court of any property of the company to enforce or realize on any lien, mortgage, charge or other security on the property of the company;

(d) the sale, in the Province of Quebec, under an order of a court or by judicial authority, of any property of the company to enforce or realize on any hypothec, charge or other security on the property of the company; and

(e) the exercise of remedies for the enforcement and realization of any prior claim referred to in paragraph (b) or the exercise of any right of retention referred to in that paragraph.

Application of provincial law

(2) It is hereby declared that a transaction mentioned in subsection (1) in respect of any property of a company is subject to the same laws to which it would be subject if the work and undertaking of the company were a local work or undertaking in the province in which that property is situated.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 114; 2001, c. 4, s. 106.

Construing Special Acts

Construing Special Acts

115. Except as otherwise provided in this Part,

(a) this Act shall be construed as incorporate with a Special Act; and

(b) where the provisions of this Part and a Special Act relate to the same subject-matter, the provisions of the Special Act shall, in so far as is necessary to give effect to the Special Act, be taken to override the provisions of this Part.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 80; R.S., c. 27(1st Supp.), s. 25.

Part Vi. Exports And Imports

Division I

Oil and Gas

Prohibition

Prohibition

116. Except as otherwise authorized by or under the regulations, no person shall export or import any oil or gas except under and in accordance with a licence issued under this Part.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 116; 1990, c. 7, s. 29.

Issuance of Licences

Issuance of licences

117. (1) Subject to the regulations, the Board may, on such terms and conditions as it may impose, issue licences for the exportation or importation of oil or gas.

Compliance

(2) Every licence is subject to the condition that the provisions of this Act and the regulations in force at the date of issue of the licence and as subsequently enacted, made or amended, as well as every order made under the authority of this Act, will be complied with.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 117; 1990, c. 7, s. 31.

Criteria

118. On an application for a licence, the Board shall have regard to all considerations that appear to it to be relevant and shall

(a) satisfy itself that the quantity of oil or gas to be exported does not exceed the surplus remaining after due allowance has been made for the reasonably foreseeable requirements for use in Canada having regard to the trends in the discovery of oil or gas in Canada; and

(b)�(Repealed, 1990, c. 7, s. 32)

(c) where oil or gas is to be exported and subsequently imported or where oil or gas is to be imported, have regard to the equitable distribution of oil or gas, as the case may be, in Canada.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 118; 1990, c. 7, s. 32.

Revocation and Suspension

Revocation and suspension of licences

119. (1) Subject to subsection (2) and the regulations, the Board may, by order, with the approval of the Governor in Council, revoke or suspend a licence if

(a) any term or condition of the licence has not been complied with or has been contravened; or

(b) the Board is of the opinion that the public convenience and necessity so require.

Notice to licence holder

(2) No order shall be made under subsection (1) unless the Board has, in a notice sent to the holder of the licence, advised the holder of the term or condition of the licence that it is alleged has not been complied with or has been contravened, or of the reasons on which the opinion of the Board referred to in paragraph (1)(b) is based, as the case may be, and the Board has afforded the holder a reasonable opportunity to be heard.

Revocation or suspension on application, etc., of holder

(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the Board may, by order, revoke or suspend a licence on the application or with the consent of the holder thereof.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 119; 1990, c. 7, s. 33.

Regulations

Regulations

119.01 (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying into effect the purposes and provisions of this Division, including regulations respecting

(a) the information to be furnished by applicants for licences and the procedure to be followed in applying for licences and in issuing licences;

(b) the duration of licences, not exceeding twenty-five years, from a date to be fixed in the licence, the approval required in respect of the issue of licences, the quantities that may be exported or imported under licences and any other terms and conditions to which licences may be subject;

(c) units of measurement and measuring instruments or devices to be used in connection with the exportation or importation of oil or gas;

(d) the inspection of any instruments, devices, plant, equipment, books, records or accounts or any other thing used for or in connection with the exportation or importation of oil or gas;

(e) the immediate disposition of oil or gas seized by an officer referred to in section 122; and

(f) the circumstances in which the Board may make orders authorizing the exportation or importation of oil or gas and the terms and conditions that may be included in those orders.

Regulations respecting export prices

(2) The Governor in Council may make regulations

(a) prescribing, in respect of oil or gas the export of which is authorized under this Part, or any quality, kind or class of that oil or gas or type of service in relation thereto, the price at which or the range of prices within which that oil or gas shall be sold; and

(b) exempting oil or gas that is exported to a NAFTA country, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, to Chile or to Costa Rica, or any quality, kind or class of that oil or gas or type of service in relation thereto, from the application of regulations made under paragraph (a).

(c)�(Repealed, 1997, c. 14, s. 82)

Idem

(3) Regulations made under subsection (2) may prescribe different prices or ranges of prices in respect of different countries.

Division II

Electricity

Prohibition

119.02 No person shall export any electricity except under and in accordance with a permit issued under section 119.03 or a licence issued under section 119.08.

1990, c. 7, s. 34.

Issuance of Permits

Issuance

119.03 (1) Except in the case of an application designated by order of the Governor in Council under section 119.07, the Board shall, on application to it and without holding a public hearing, issue a permit authorizing the exportation of electricity.

Information

(2) The application must be accompanied by the information that under the regulations is to be furnished in connection with the application.

1990, c. 7, s. 34.

Publication

119.04 (1) The applicant shall publish a notice of the application in the Canada Gazette and such other publications as the Board considers appropriate.

Waiver

(2) The Board may waive the requirement to publish a notice referred to in subsection (1) if the Board considers that there is a critical shortage of electricity outside Canada caused by terrorist activity within the meaning of subsection 83.01(1) of the Criminal Code.

1990, c. 7, s. 34; 2004, c. 15, s. 92.

Previous VersionFurther information

119.05 The Board may, within a reasonable time after the publication of the notice, require the applicant to furnish such information, in addition to that required to accompany the application, as the Board considers necessary to determine whether to make a recommendation pursuant to section 119.06.

1990, c. 7, s. 34.

Delay of issuance

119.06 (1) The Board may make a recommendation to the Minister, which it shall make public, that an application for exportation of electricity be designated by order of the Governor in Council under section 119.07, and may delay issuing a permit during such period as is necessary for the purpose of making such an order.

Criteria

(2) In determining whether to make a recommendation, the Board shall seek to avoid the duplication of measures taken in respect of the exportation by the applicant and the government of the province from which the electricity is exported, and shall have regard to all considerations that appear to it to be relevant, including

(a) the effect of the exportation of the electricity on provinces other than that from which the electricity is to be exported;

(b) the impact of the exportation on the environment;

(c) whether the applicant has

(i) informed those who have declared an interest in buying electricity for consumption in Canada of the quantities and classes of service available for sale, and

(ii) given an opportunity to purchase electricity on terms and conditions as favourable as the terms and conditions specified in the application to those who, within a reasonable time after being so informed, demonstrate an intention to buy electricity for consumption in Canada; and

(d) such considerations as may be specified in the regulations.

1990, c. 7, s. 34.

Orders

Where licence required

119.07 (1) The Governor in Council may make orders

(a) designating an application for exportation of electricity as an application in respect of which section 119.08 applies; and

(b) revoking any permit issued in respect of the exportation.

Exception

(2) No order may be made under subsection (1) more than forty-five days after the issuance of a permit in respect of the application.

Effect of order

(3) Where an order is made under subsection (1),

(a) no permit shall be issued in respect of the application; and

(b) any application in respect of the exportation shall be dealt with as an application for a licence.

1990, c. 7, s. 34.

Issuance of Licences

Issuance

119.08 (1) The Board may, subject to section 24 and to the approval of the Governor in Council, issue a licence for the exportation of electricity in relation to which an order made under section 119.07 is in force.

Criteria

(2) In deciding whether to issue a licence, the Board shall have regard to all considerations that appear to it to be relevant.

Revocation of permit

(3) Any permit issued in respect of an application for a permit for the exportation of electricity in relation to which an order made under section 119.07 is in force and that is not revoked by the order is revoked on the Board’s deciding not to issue a licence for that exportation.

1990, c. 7, s. 34.

Conditions of Permits and Licences

Terms and conditions

119.09 (1) The Board may, on the issuance of a permit, make the permit subject to such terms and conditions respecting the matters prescribed by the regulations as the Board considers necessary or desirable in the public interest.

Idem

(2) The Board may, on the issuance of a licence, make the licence subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may impose.

1990, c. 7, s. 34.

Compliance

119.091 Every permit and licence is subject to the condition that the provisions of this Act and the regulations in force on the date of the issuance of the permit or licence and as subsequently enacted, made or amended, as well as every order made under the authority of this Act, will be complied with.

1990, c. 7, s. 34.

Duration

119.092 The term of a permit or licence is thirty years or such lesser term as is specified in the permit or licence.

1990, c. 7, s. 34.

Revocation and suspension

119.093 (1) The Board may revoke or suspend a permit or licence issued in respect of the exportation of electricity

(a) on the application or with the consent of the holder of the permit or licence; or

(b) where a holder of the permit or licence has contravened or failed to comply with a term or condition of the permit or licence.

Notice

(2) The Board shall not revoke or suspend a permit or licence under paragraph (1)(b) unless the Board has

(a) sent a notice to the holder of the permit or licence specifying the term or condition that is alleged to have been contravened or not complied with; and

(b) given the holder of the permit or licence a reasonable opportunity to be heard.

1990, c. 7, s. 34.

Regulations

Regulations

119.094 The Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying into effect the purposes and provisions of this Division, including regulations

(a) prescribing matters in respect of which terms and conditions of permits may be imposed;

(b) respecting

(i) the information to be furnished in connection with applications for permits,

(ii) units of measurement and measuring instruments or devices to be used in connection with the exportation of electricity, and

(iii) the inspection of any instruments, devices, plant, equipment, books, records or accounts or any other thing used for or in connection with the exportation of electricity; and

(c) specifying considerations to which the Board shall have regard in deciding whether to recommend to the Minister that an application for a permit for the exportation of electricity be designated by order of the Governor in Council under section 119.07.

1990, c. 7, s. 34.

Division III

Implementation of Free Trade Agreements

119.1 to 119.7 (Repealed, 1997, c. 14, s. 83)

Definitions

120. The definitions in this section apply in this Division.

“CCFTA”

« Al�cc »

“CCFTA” has the same meaning as “Agreement” in the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act.

“CCRFTA”

« Al�ccr »

“CCRFTA” has the same meaning as “Agreement” in the Canada—Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act.

“energy goods”

« produits énergétiques »

“energy goods” means any goods for the exportation of which a licence or permit issued under this Part or an order made under the regulations is required.

“NAFTA”

« Al�na »

“NAFTA” has the same meaning as “Agreement” in the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act.

120.1 (1) In exercising its powers and performing its duties, the Board shall give effect to NAFTA, CCFTA and CCRFTA.

Orders

(2) The Governor in Council may, either on the recommendation of the Minister made at the request of the Board or on the Governor in Council’s own motion, make orders of general application respecting the manner in which the Board shall perform the duty imposed on it by subsection (1) or the interpretation to be given to NAFTA, CCFTA or CCRFTA by the Board for the purposes of this Act.

Effect of orders

(3) An order made under subsection (2) is binding on the Board from the time it comes into force and, unless otherwise provided therein, applies in respect of matters pending before the Board at that time.

Request of Board

(4) The Board may, in order to request the making of an order under subsection (2), suspend the determination of any matter of which it is seized.

1993, c. 44, s. 188; 1997, c. 14, s. 84; 2001, c. 28, s. 56.

Declaration of Governor in Council

120.2 The Governor in Council may, by order, declare that the maintenance or introduction of a restriction on the exportation to the United States, Chile or Costa Rica of energy goods or of any quality, kind or class of energy goods is justified under Article 605 of NAFTA, Article C-13 of CCFTA or Article III.11 of CCRFTA, as the case may be.

1993, c. 44, s. 188; 1997, c. 14, s. 85; 2001, c. 28, s. 57.

Board may request declaration

120.3 If, in the course of determining an application for a licence or permit, or determining whether to make an order, for the exportation to the United States, Chile or Costa Rica of energy goods or of any quality, kind or class of energy goods, the Board considers that the maintenance or introduction of a restriction on that exportation is in the public interest and that subparagraph (a), (b) or (c) of Article 605 of NAFTA, subparagraph 1(a), (b) or (c) of Article C-13 of CCFTA or subparagraph 1(a), (b) or (c) of Article III.11 of CCRFTA, as the case may be, would apply as a consequence of the restriction, the Board may, in order to request that the Minister recommend to the Governor in Council that an order be made under section 120.2 in respect of the relevant energy goods, suspend the determination until not later than one hundred and twenty days after the request is made.

1993, c. 44, s. 188; 1997, c. 14, s. 85; 2001, c. 28, s. 57.

Exportation to United States, Chile or Costa Rica

120.4 (1) The Board may neither refuse to issue a licence or permit or make an order nor revoke, suspend or vary a licence, permit or order for the exportation to the United States, Chile or Costa Rica of energy goods or of any quality, kind or class of energy goods if that refusal, revocation, suspension or variation would constitute the maintenance or introduction of a restriction on that exportation as a consequence of which subparagraph (a), (b) or (c) of Article 605 of NAFTA, subparagraph 1(a), (b) or (c) of Article C-13 of CCFTA or subparagraph 1(a), (b) or (c) of Article III.11 of CCRFTA, as the case may be, would apply.

Effect of orders

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of the exportation to the United States, Chile or Costa Rica of such energy goods as are, or of such quality, kind or class of energy goods as is, referred to in an order made under section 120.2 during the time that the order is in force.

Revocation, etc. on consent

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Board may revoke, suspend or vary a licence, permit or order on the application or with the consent of its holder.

1993, c. 44, s. 188; 1997, c. 14, s. 86; 2001, c. 28, s. 58.

Where no declaration made

120.5 The Board may, despite its not being satisfied in accordance with paragraph 118(a), issue a licence for the exportation to the United States, Chile or Costa Rica of such energy goods as were, or of such quality, kind or class of energy goods as was, referred to in a request made under section 120.3 if

(a) the Minister declines to recommend to the Governor in Council that an order be made under section 120.2;

(b) the Governor in Council declines to make the order; or

(c) no order is made within one hundred and twenty days after the making of the request.

1993, c. 44, s. 188; 1997, c. 14, s. 87; 2001, c. 28, s. 59.

Division IV

Offences, Punishment and Enforcement

Offence and punishment

121. (1) Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of this Part or the regulations made under this Part is guilty of an offence and liable

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both; or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding one million dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.

Officers, etc., of corporation

(2) If a corporation commits an offence under this Part, any officer or director, or agent or mandatary, of the corporation who directed, authorized, assented to, acquiesced in or participated in the commission of the offence is a party to and guilty of the offence and is liable on conviction to the punishment provided for the offence whether or not the corporation has been prosecuted or convicted.

Proof of offence

(3) In any prosecution for an offence under this Part, it is sufficient proof of the offence to show that it was committed by an employee, or an agent or a mandatary, of the accused, whether or not the employee, or agent or mandatary, is identified or has been prosecuted for the offence, unless the accused establishes that the offence was committed without the knowledge or consent of the accused and that the accused exercised all due diligence to prevent its commission.

Continuing offence

(4) Where an offence under this Part is committed on more than one day, it shall be deemed to be a separate offence for each day on which the offence is committed or continued.

Limitation

(5) Proceedings by way of summary conviction in respect of an offence under this Part may be instituted at any time within but not later than one year after the time when the subject-matter of the proceedings arose.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 121; 2004, c. 25, s. 162.

Previous VersionPowers of certain officers

122. An officer as defined in the Customs Act has, in respect of the exportation or importation of oil or gas, all the powers of an officer under the Customs Act and, except to the extent that they are inconsistent with any regulations made under this Part relating to the immediate disposition of oil or gas seized, the provisions of that Act and any regulations made under that Act respecting search, detention, seizure, forfeiture, condemnation and disposition apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, to oil or gas tendered for export or import or exported or imported or otherwise dealt with contrary to this Part.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 122; R.S., 1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp.), s. 213.

Part Vii. Interprovincial Oil And Gas Trade

Interpretation

Definitions

123. In this Part,

“designated oil or gas”

« pétrole ou gaz désigné »

“designated oil or gas” means oil or gas, or both, or any quality or kind thereof, that is the subject of an order made pursuant to subsection 124(1);

“designated province or area”

« région désignée »

“designated province or area” means a province or the offshore area or both, as referred to in an order made pursuant to subsection 124(1);

“movement”

« acheminement »

“movement”, in respect of oil or gas, excludes an export thereof;

“offshore area”

« zone extracôtière »

“offshore area” means Sable Island or any area of land not within a province that belongs to Her Majesty in right of Canada or in respect of which Her Majesty in right of Canada has the right to dispose of or exploit the natural resources and that is situated in submarine areas in the internal waters of Canada, the territorial sea of Canada or the continental shelf of Canada.

Control by Board

124. (1) The Governor in Council may, by order, direct that the Board assume supervision and control of the movement of designated oil or gas out of a designated province or area.

Licence required

(2) Where an order has been made under subsection (1) and while it remains in force, no person shall, except as otherwise authorized by the regulations, move designated oil or gas out of the designated province or area except under the authority of and in accordance with a licence issued under this Part.

1980-81-82-83, c. 116, s. 29.

Issue of Licences

Issue of licences

125. (1) Subject to the regulations, the Board may, on such terms and conditions as it may impose, issue a licence to any person permitting the movement of designated oil or gas out of the designated province or area.

Compliance

(2) Every licence is subject to the conditions that

(a) the provisions of this Act and the regulations in force on the date of issue of the licence and as subsequently enacted, made or amended, as well as every order made under this Act, will be complied with; and

(b) the provisions of the Energy Administration Act and the regulations, if any, made under that Act applicable to the designated oil or gas in respect of which the licence is issued will be complied with.

1980-81-82-83, c. 116, s. 29.

Criteria

126. (1) On an application for a licence, the Board shall have regard to all considerations that appear to it to be relevant, including the equitable distribution of designated oil or gas in Canada.

Revocation and suspension of licences

(2) Section 119 applies in respect of a licence issued under this Part.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 126; 1990, c. 7, s. 40(E).

Regulations

Regulations

127. The Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying into effect the purposes and provisions of this Part, including regulations respecting

(a) the information to be furnished by applicants for licences and the procedure to be followed in applying for licences and in issuing licences;

(b) the duration of licences from a date to be fixed in the licence, the approval required in respect of the issue of licences, the quantities that may be moved out of the designated province or area under the authority of a licence, and any other terms or conditions to which licences may be subject;

(c) units of measurement and measuring instruments or devices to be used in connection with the movement of designated oil or gas out of the designated province or area; and

(d) the inspection of any instruments, devices, plant, equipment, books, records or accounts or any other thing used for or in connection with the movement of designated oil or gas out of the designated province or area.

R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 127; 1990, c. 7, s. 41(E).

Offences, Punishment and Enforcement

Offence and punishment

128. (1) Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of this Part or the regulations made under this Part is guilty of an offence and liable

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both; or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding one million dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.

Application of subsections 121(2) to (5)

(2) Subsections 121(2) to (5) apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, in respect of an offence under this Part.

1980-81-82-83, c. 116, s. 29.

Part Viii. General

Regulations

Regulations respecting accounts, etc.

129. (1) The Board may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make regulations

(a) respecting the manner in which the accounts of a company shall be kept;

(b) respecting the classes of property for which depreciation charges may properly be included under operating expenses in the accounts and the accounting method or methods that may be used in computing and charging depreciation in respect of each of the classes of property;

(c) respecting a uniform system of accounts applicable to any class of company; and

(d) requiring

(i) companies that have been authorized under Part III to construct or operate a pipeline,

(ii) persons exporting oil, gas or electricity or importing oil or gas, and

(iii) persons holding a licence under Part VI or VII,

to keep and make available to the Board for inspection by the Board or a person authorized by the Board at a place of business in Canada such records, books of account and other documents in such form as may be prescribed by the regulations and submit to the Board, at such times and in such form as may be so prescribed, returns and information respecting capital, traffic, revenues, expenses and other matters so prescribed and deemed by the Board to be matters that should be considered by it in carrying out its powers and duties under this Act in relation to those companies and persons.

Exemptions

(1.1) The Board may, by order made on such terms and conditions as it considers appropriate, exempt a company or person from the application of a regulation made under subsection (1).

Contravention and punishment

(2) Every person who contravenes a regulation made under this section is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

130. (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying the purposes and provisions of this Act into effect and may, by those regulations, designate as an oil product or as a gas product any substance resulting from the processing or refining of hydrocarbons or coal if that substance

(a) is asphalt or a lubricant; or

(b) is a suitable source of energy by itself or when it is combined or used in association with something else.

Exemptions

(2) The Governor in Council may by regulation exempt any oil or gas or any kind, quality or class thereof or any area or transaction from the operation of all or any of the provisions of this Act.

R.S., c. N-6, s. 89; 1980-81-82-83, c. 116, s. 31.

Security regulations

131. (1) The Board may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make regulations respecting the security of pipelines and international power lines, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, regulations respecting standards, plans and audits relating to the security of pipelines and international power lines.

Offence and punishment

(2) Every person who contravenes any of the regulations made under subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both; or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.

2004, c. 15, s. 93.

132. (Repealed, 1990, c. 7, s. 43)

Report to Parliament

Report to Parliament

133. The Board shall within three months after December 31 in each year submit to the Minister a report on the activities of the Board under this Act for that year, and the Minister shall cause the report to be laid before Parliament within fifteen days after the receipt thereof or, if Parliament is not then sitting, on any of the first fifteen days next thereafter that either House of Parliament is sitting.